How Many People Are Named Lanyla?
An estimated 151 people in the United States have the first name Lanyla. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 11 years old, and Lanyla peaked in popularity in 2020 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Lanyla 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 Lanyla paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
151
About 1 in 2,269,896 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
11
years old
Peak Year
2020
16 births
Total Registered
152
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Lanyla
Lanyla is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 152 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Lanyla as a female name
Ranked #14,423 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (16 births)
Lanyla: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Lanyla span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 75 babies were registered. While Lanyla is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Lanyla by Decade
How has Lanyla 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.
Lanyla + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Lanyla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Lanyla
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Lanyla: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lanyla?
We estimate approximately 151 people named Lanyla 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 2,269,896 Americans share this first name.
Is Lanyla a common name?
Lanyla is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 70.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 152 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Lanyla most popular?
Lanyla reached peak popularity in 2020, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Lanyla is approximately 11 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Lanyla a female name?
Lanyla is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Lanyla Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Lanyla Smith, Lanyla Johnson, Lanyla 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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