How rare is the name Lainey?

9,421 people in the United States have the first name Lainey, about 1 in 32,059. It ranks #2,563 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LAINEY

#2,563

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,421
About
1 in 32,059
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,421 people named Lainey, 86.5% reported their origin as White, 6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lainey peaked in 2025, when 5,743 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
5,743
In 2025*
5,743
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 28,431 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lainey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #203. The largest share of babies named Lainey, 80.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#21,07710
1980s#6,476195
1990s#3,572655
2000s#1,4773,180
2010s#1,0345,769
2020s#20318,616
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–962.2%
Generation Z 1997–1217.4%
2013 and later80.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lainey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lainey has been most common in Idaho (2.7×), South Dakota (2.2×), and Utah (2.1×), and least common in New York (0.32×).

26,987 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Lainey

#2,561 Triston · 9,443#2,562 Jae · 9,440#2,564 Arlo · 9,420#2,565 Lennox · 9,407

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lainey, most common first.

#2,284 Laney · 11,318#4,012 Laine · 4,841#13,011 Lainee · 939#32,621 Lainy · 257#50,487 Lanney · 119

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