Lany
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAH-nee
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Lany is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Lany come from?
Pet form of names such as Melany or Elena
Is Lany a girl's or a boy's name?
Lany is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lany in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lany, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4 girls.
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were given Lany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,081, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Lani 25
- Lany 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lany in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
How popular is Lany in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 171% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Lany, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had the most girls named Lany of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Lany in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 150 girls in the US were given Lany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,273, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
- Lani 131
- Lany 19
Lany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Lany
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Kehlani, Kalani, Alani, Layla, Poppy, Koa, Milani, Xyla, Elani, Nala, Kaia
Other spellings of Lany
Names related to Lany
Lana, Lainey, Laney, Layne, Layna, Lane, Lanya, Laniya, Lianny
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, “Lany: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lany, updated 20 October 2026.