Lanaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 34 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
34
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lanaya by the numbers

Lanaya was given to 34 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 78 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Lanaya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lanaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Laniya79 in the US (2017)
  • Laraya18 in the US (2017)
  • Lamaya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lanayah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lanya3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lavaya11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lanaya

Names that are said the same way as Lanaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Lanaya

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