Lanaya
Lanaya is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.
Meaning & Origin of Lanaya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lanaya is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.
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The Story of Lanaya
Lanaya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1944, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 78 Lanayas were born — ranking #2,239 that year. As of 2026, Lanaya ranks #5,439 for baby girls with 23 births, gradually falling (-8%). In total, more than 1K Lanayas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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About the name Lanaya
Lanaya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Lanaya's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #2,239. Use the chart and map above to compare Lanaya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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