first name
LANEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,318 people named Laney, 85.8% reported their origin as White, 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as two or more races. 97.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Laney peaked in 2006, when 640 babies got the name.
At least 14,360 babies have been given the name since 1883. 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.
Laney by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,062. The largest share of babies named Laney, 49.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Laney is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Laney has been most common in Oklahoma (2.6×), Arkansas (2.3×), and Missouri (1.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.11×).
11,842 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 Laney
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Laney, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Laney ranks #3,421 of 156,621, with 10,200 people. See Laney as a last name
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