How Many People Are Named Lanea?
An estimated 548 people in the United States have the first name Lanea. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Lanea peaked in popularity in 2005 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lanea 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 Lanea paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
548
About 1 in 625,464 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
2005
19 births
Total Registered
573
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lanea
Lanea is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 573 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Lanea as a female name
Ranked #12,830 in 2024
7 female births in 2024
Peak: 2005 (19 births)
Lanea: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lanea span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 121 babies were registered. Lanea has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Lanea by Decade
How has Lanea 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.
Lanea by State
Lanea + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lanea as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lanea
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lanea: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lanea?
We estimate approximately 548 people named Lanea 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 625,464 Americans share this first name.
Is Lanea a common name?
Lanea is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 573 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lanea most popular?
Lanea reached peak popularity in 2005, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lanea is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lanea a female name?
Lanea is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lanea Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lanea Smith, Lanea Johnson, Lanea 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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