How Many People Are Named Lanard?
An estimated 329 people in the United States have the first name Lanard. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 37 years old, and Lanard peaked in popularity in 1979 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lanard as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Lanard paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
329
About 1 in 1,041,806 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
37
years old
Peak Year
1979
16 births
Total Registered
344
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lanard
Lanard is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 344 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Lanard as a male name
Ranked #13,296 in 2019
5 male births in 2019
Peak: 1979 (16 births)
Lanard: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lanard span from the 1960s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 94 babies were registered. While Lanard is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Lanard by Decade
How has Lanard tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Lanard + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lanard as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lanard
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lanard: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lanard?
We estimate approximately 329 people named Lanard are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,041,806 Americans share this first name.
Is Lanard a common name?
Lanard is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 344 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lanard most popular?
Lanard reached peak popularity in 1979, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lanard is approximately 37 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lanard a male name?
Lanard is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lanard Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lanard Smith, Lanard Johnson, Lanard Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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