first name
LANE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 39,308 people named Lane, 90.3% reported their origin as White, 3.3% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 89.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lane peaked in 2019, when 1,505 babies got the name.
At least 52,177 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.
Lane by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #454. The largest share of babies named Lane, 34.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Lane is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lane has been most common in Montana (3.9×), Wyoming (3.7×), and South Dakota (3.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.05×).
44,030 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 Lane
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lane, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lane ranks #223 of 156,621, with 129,618 people. See Lane as a last name
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