Lanett
Lanett is a city in Chambers County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lanett had a population of 6,970. Lanett, originally called Bluffton, is located in eastern Alabama, on the Chattahoochee River, southwest of Atlanta. The city's name is derived from Lafayette Lanier and Theodore Bennett, founders of the West Point Manufacturing Company.
Meaning & Origin of Lanett
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lanett is a city in Chambers County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lanett had a population of 6,970. Lanett, originally called Bluffton, is located in eastern Alabama, on the Chattahoochee River, southwest of Atlanta. The city's name is derived from Lafayette Lanier and Theodore Bennett, founders of the West Point Manufacturing Company.
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The Story of Lanett
Lanett first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1952, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1971, when 13 Lanetts were born — ranking #4,310 that year. As of 2026, Lanett ranks #11,324 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 130 Lanetts have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Lanett
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- Desi Barmore (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player
- Linton Lomas Barrett , educator, editor, Hispanist and translator of Romance languages
- Josh Cooper , professional football defensive end
- John Copeland , former Alabama Crimson Tide NFL player for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Josh Evans , former University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazer player
- Millard Fuller , founder of Habitat for Humanity , graduate of Lanett High School
- Fred Hatfield , former Major League Baseball player
- Hal Herring , former Auburn University and professional football player
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About the name Lanett
Lanett is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 130 births in the dataset. Lanett's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #4,310. Use the chart and map above to compare Lanett'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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