Lanson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAN-son
- Origin
- Modern
Lanson is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Lanson come from?
Modern: modern coinage with the -son ending; also a French surname
Is Lanson a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanson is a boys' name.
How popular is Lanson in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Lanson in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Lanson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lawson, Jaxton, Daxton, Kayson, Kyson, Hudson, Jettson, Easton, Kashton, Colson, Stetson, Jackson
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Lanson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanson, updated 20 October 2026.