Laine
- #1,458 for girls in 2025, 147 births
- #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
- Given to girls 66.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 92 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,051since 1934
Laine over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,458 | 147 | #3,450 | 33 |
| 2024 | #1,648 | 125 | #2,418 | 57 |
| 2023 | #1,750 | 117 | #2,188 | 65 |
| 2022 | #1,451 | 153 | #2,299 | 62 |
| 2021 | #1,612 | 130 | #2,000 | 74 |
| 2020 | #1,769 | 112 | #1,609 | 100 |
| 2019 | #1,933 | 102 | #1,271 | 147 |
| 2018 | #1,953 | 101 | #2,635 | 47 |
| 2017 | #2,160 | 88 | #3,193 | 36 |
| 2016 | #2,117 | 92 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #2,169 | 87 | #3,365 | 33 |
| 2014 | #2,351 | 78 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2013 | #2,484 | 72 | #3,122 | 35 |
| 2012 | #2,632 | 68 | #2,954 | 39 |
| 2011 | #2,326 | 80 | #3,510 | 30 |
| 2010 | #2,341 | 81 | #2,730 | 44 |
| 2009 | #2,510 | 75 | #3,162 | 36 |
| 2008 | #3,120 | 54 | #2,684 | 46 |
| 2007 | #2,541 | 73 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #2,538 | 72 | #2,881 | 39 |
| 2005 | #2,030 | 92 | #2,493 | 45 |
| 2004 | #2,100 | 86 | #2,531 | 43 |
| 2003 | #1,552 | 124 | #2,428 | 43 |
| 2002 | #1,720 | 106 | #2,155 | 49 |
| 2001 | #1,795 | 99 | #2,277 | 44 |
| 2000 | #2,777 | 52 | #2,621 | 35 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | #2,608 | 33 |
| 1998 | #2,307 | 61 | #2,094 | 44 |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 | #2,096 | 42 |
| 1996 | #2,151 | 63 | #2,017 | 43 |
| 1995 | #2,552 | 49 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 | #3,030 | 23 |
| 1993 | #2,533 | 49 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #2,519 | 49 | #3,224 | 19 |
| 1990 | #2,571 | 46 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #2,169 | 56 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #1,866 | 57 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #1,608 | 72 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #1,354 | 92 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #2,343 | 40 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #1,548 | 26 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1934
The first year at least five girls were named Laine! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1942, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Laine is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Arkansas#489 · 1 in 1,766
- Maryland#731 · 1 in 3,331
- Minnesota#835 · 1 in 4,296
- Pennsylvania#871 · 1 in 4,669
- Massachusetts#873 · 1 in 4,806
Best ever in a state: #433 in Kansas, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Minnesota | #835 | 5 | 1 in 4,296 |
| Pennsylvania | #871 | 10 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Massachusetts | #873 | 5 | 1 in 4,806 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| North Carolina | #1,057 | 8 | 1 in 5,810 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 311 spots since 2020 (#1,769 → #1,458)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1981 at #1,354 (92 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,720
- Highest: 1 in 10,720 girls born in 2022 were named Laine (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,934 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,354 in 1981, was only 1 in 18,131 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 21.0% of all girls named Laine (849) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2020
- Mostly boys until 2019, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,286 (1934) | #4,286 |
| 1940s | 19 | #3,801 (1943) | #4,375 |
| 1950s | 141 | #2,053 (1950) | #3,281 |
| 1960s | 135 | #2,768 (1969) | #3,800 |
| 1970s | 181 | #2,343 (1979) | #4,019 |
| 1980s | 559 | #1,354 (1981) | #2,057 |
| 1990s | 545 | #1,945 (1997) | #2,427 |
| 2000s | 833 | #1,552 (2003) | #2,268 |
| 2010s | 849 | #1,933 (2019) | #2,247 |
| 2020s | 784 | #1,451 (2022) | #1,615 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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