Lainey

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Lainey is ranked 38th among girls in 2024 (5,147 births). Its best rank was 38th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #38up 16 from 2023
Births in 2024: 5,1470.32% of girls
Peak year: 20245,147 births
Best rank: #38in 2024
Since 1968: 22,669people given the name

Babies named Lainey, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

22,669 girls have been named Lainey in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 5,147 births — 0.32% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2021, and the 2020s alone account for 57%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Lainey
1960s	6
1970s	10
1980s	196
1990s	655
2000s	3,180
2010s	5,769
2020s	12,853

In 2024, its biggest year

Lainey was the 38th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Lainey

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

Other spellings in the data

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.