Lanier is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1972 and remains in steady use.
Lanier is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #13,122 among boys (5) and #9,205 among girls (11) — overall #12,101 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | #9,205 | #13,122 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | #14,471 | #8,081 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | #12,873 | #9,418 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,703 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | #12,919 | #7,394 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | #16,474 | #13,260 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,600 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #13,495 | #9,357 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 | #11,381 | #13,392 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | #11,452 | #13,221 |
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | #18,031 | #10,275 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #13,996 | #10,289 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,365 |
| 2011 | 18 | 18 | #15,912 | #6,843 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,515 |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,511 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,401 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,773 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | #13,825 | #8,775 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #12,260 | #12,443 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,611 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,812 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #9,192 | #8,360 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,265 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | — | #5,502 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | #12,733 | #5,066 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | — | #7,460 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | — | #7,428 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | — | #7,266 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | — | #6,448 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,326 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | — | #6,171 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #10,314 | #4,690 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,500 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | #12,314 | #3,878 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | — | #4,324 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | — | #4,542 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | — | #2,892 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | — | #3,543 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | — | #4,833 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,771 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,349 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | — | #3,273 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,388 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | — | #3,305 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | — | #3,179 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | — | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | — | #2,745 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #2,950 |
| 1972 | 24 | — | #8,949 | #2,125 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | — | #2,751 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,694 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | #7,047 | #3,783 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | — | #2,153 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,419 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | — | #2,555 |
| 1965 | 14 | — | — | #2,223 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | — | #2,605 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | — | #3,203 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | — | #2,595 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | — | #2,809 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | — | #2,618 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | — | #3,819 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | #6,569 | #2,737 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | — | #2,746 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | — | #2,439 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | — | #2,266 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #6,196 | #2,541 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | — | #2,630 |
| 1952 | 19 | — | — | #1,783 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | — | #2,102 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | — | #2,682 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | — | #1,987 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | — | #2,276 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | — | #2,778 |
| 1946 | 16 | — | — | #1,855 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | — | #2,074 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | — | #1,788 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | — | #2,036 |
| 1942 | 13 | — | — | #2,104 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | — | #2,272 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | — | #2,134 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | — | #2,235 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | — | #2,767 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | — | #1,877 |
| 1936 | 11 | — | — | #2,237 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | — | #2,332 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | — | #3,150 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | — | #2,260 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,780 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | — | #3,820 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | — | #3,125 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | — | #2,759 |
| 1927 | 18 | — | — | #1,921 |
| 1926 | 15 | — | #4,584 | #3,028 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | — | #2,374 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | #5,486 | #2,412 |
| 1923 | 18 | — | — | #1,908 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | — | #2,914 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | — | #2,288 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,589 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | — | #3,002 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | — | #3,777 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #4,239 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | — | #2,550 |