Lanny
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAN-ee
- Origin
- English
Lanny is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Lanny come from?
English: English pet form of various names, such as Lawrence or Landon
Is Lanny a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanny is a boys' name.
How popular is Lanny in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1949, with 498 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Lanny in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanny in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 24 | #2,329 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,378 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,206 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,064 |
| 1976 | 67 | #1,010 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,007 |
| 1974 | 70 | #977 |
| 1973 | 77 | #914 |
| 1972 | 92 | #837 |
| 1971 | 84 | #886 |
| 1970 | 115 | #769 |
| 1969 | 107 | #756 |
| 1968 | 103 | #734 |
| 1967 | 90 | #768 |
| 1966 | 114 | #694 |
| 1965 | 112 | #702 |
| 1964 | 113 | #723 |
| 1963 | 117 | #723 |
| 1962 | 122 | #694 |
| 1961 | 172 | #603 |
| 1960 | 172 | #597 |
| 1959 | 161 | #606 |
| 1958 | 206 | #534 |
| 1957 | 184 | #569 |
| 1956 | 218 | #512 |
| 1955 | 228 | #485 |
| 1954 | 240 | #469 |
| 1953 | 293 | #407 |
| 1952 | 321 | #381 |
| 1951 | 409 | #335 |
| 1950 | 489 | #306 |
| 1949 | 498 | #303 |
| 1948 | 298 | #392 |
| 1947 | 335 | #375 |
| 1946 | 332 | #358 |
| 1945 | 241 | #384 |
| 1944 | 247 | #383 |
| 1943 | 292 | #358 |
| 1942 | 414 | #299 |
| 1941 | 371 | #301 |
| 1940 | 302 | #329 |
| 1939 | 212 | #388 |
| 1938 | 183 | #420 |
| 1937 | 174 | #429 |
| 1936 | 133 | #491 |
| 1935 | 123 | #520 |
| 1934 | 93 | #615 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
Names like Lanny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Larry, Johnny, Tommy, Rocky, Danny, Jay, Gary, Jerry, Terry, Jimmy, Rodney, Tony
Names related to Lanny
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Lanny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanny, updated 20 October 2026.