Lanier
Mostly boys · luh-NEER · French
Lanier is a name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Lanier mean?
French: French Huguenot surname used as a first name
Borne by Sidney Lanier, the nineteenth-century Georgia poet and musician.
- Say it
- luh-NEER
Is Lanier a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lanier has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Lanier in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Lanier, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914. 11 girls were also named Lanier in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Lanier than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Lanier in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanier in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 16 | #1,812 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
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