Lanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAN-ya
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Lanya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Is Lanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lanya 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 Lanya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lanya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lanya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Lanya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Lanya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 75 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Lanya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,855 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 70 | #2,421 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,797 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
Names like Lanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla, Noa, Maya, Safa, Lily, Anaya, Ayla, Lyla, Anya, Arya, Raya, Ava
Names related to Lanya
Liyana, Lana, Liana, Layan, Luana, Laney, Lyanna, Layana, Laniyah
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, “Lanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanya, updated 20 October 2026.