Laniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-NY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,354 for girls
Laniyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,354th for girls in the US (77 babies).
What does Laniyah mean?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Lani + -iyah
Possibly built from Lani, Hawaiian for sky or heaven, with the -iyah ending popular in modern American names.
Is Laniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Laniyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 77 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laniyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Laniyah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Laniyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Laniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,354th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were named Laniyah, making it the 2,354th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 295 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer girls named Laniyah than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Laniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were given Laniyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #2,354 for this spelling alone.
- Laniyah 77
- Laniya 24
Laniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #2,354 |
| 2024 | 78 | #2,347 |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,890 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 120 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 118 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,595 |
| 2017 | 165 | #1,392 |
| 2016 | 144 | #1,550 |
| 2015 | 191 | #1,275 |
| 2014 | 177 | #1,333 |
| 2013 | 205 | #1,171 |
| 2012 | 230 | #1,080 |
| 2011 | 240 | #1,036 |
| 2010 | 295 | #896 |
| 2009 | 205 | #1,215 |
| 2008 | 208 | #1,218 |
| 2007 | 191 | #1,283 |
| 2006 | 175 | #1,331 |
| 2005 | 140 | #1,494 |
| 2004 | 108 | #1,768 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Nicknames for Laniyah
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Laniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Nusaybah, Sumayyah, Kaliyah, Ruqayyah, Zaniyah, Hafsa, Aafiyah, Aasiyah
Other spellings of Laniyah
Names related to Laniyah
Liyanah, Lanah, Layna, Laina, Lanya, Lania, Lanayah, Lanie, Layani, Lanai, Laniah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laniyah, updated 20 October 2026.