Lane
Lane is ranked 261st among boys in 2024 (1,331 births). Its best rank was 246th, in 1995.
- Rank in 2024
- #261down 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,3310.08% of boys
- Peak year
- 20191,406 births
- Best rank
- #246in 1995
- Since 1881
- 50,676people given the name
The story in the numbers
46,173 boys have been named Lane in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,406 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2019, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 98 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 4,503 girls have also been given it, 8.9% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lane | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 16 | |
| 1900s | 24 | |
| 1910s | 177 | |
| 1920s | 388 | |
| 1930s | 565 | |
| 1940s | 945 | |
| 1950s | 1,993 | |
| 1960s | 2,416 | |
| 1970s | 1,578 | |
| 1980s | 1,899 | |
| 1990s | 7,028 | |
| 2000s | 10,234 | |
| 2010s | 12,167 | |
| 2020s | 6,732 |
In 2019, its biggest year
Lane was the 258th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Lane
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Blaisepeak 2015
- Laynepeak 2012
- Larsonpeak 2023
- Kieranpeak 2024
- Griffinpeak 2023
- Isaiaspeak 2023
- Reypeak 2021
- Kenanpeak 2024
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.