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Lanisha

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Lanisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198362 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1971
1,240people given the name
Babies named Lanisha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,240 girls have been named Lanisha in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 62 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 62 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1980s alone account for 37%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Lanisha
1970s212
1980s457
1990s406
2000s138
2010s27

In 1983, its biggest year

Lanisha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1983 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 1983.

Names that rose and fell with Lanisha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.