Laney
#673 for girls in 2025, 421 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 97.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 635 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,024since 1883
Laney over time
Rank among girls' names. Laney has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #673 | 421 | — | |
| 2024 | #689 | 411 | — | |
| 2023 | #658 | 447 | — | |
| 2022 | #704 | 419 | — | |
| 2021 | #652 | 458 | — | |
| 2020 | #650 | 444 | — | |
| 2019 | #697 | 415 | — | |
| 2018 | #730 | 388 | — | |
| 2017 | #669 | 439 | — | |
| 2016 | #768 | 370 | — | |
| 2015 | #641 | 445 | — | |
| 2014 | #637 | 449 | — | |
| 2013 | #678 | 418 | — | |
| 2012 | #629 | 454 | — | |
| 2011 | #522 | 557 | — | |
| 2010 | #545 | 540 | — | |
| 2009 | #537 | 561 | — | |
| 2008 | #567 | 543 | — | |
| 2007 | #532 | 588 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #486 | 640 | — | |
| 2005 | #481 | 635 | — | |
| 2004 | #543 | 527 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #558 | 495 | — | |
| 2002 | #627 | 407 | — | |
| 2001 | #614 | 408 | — | |
| 2000 | #703 | 332 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,077 | 186 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,636 | 99 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,552 | 104 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #1,609 | 96 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,669 | 88 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,688 | 88 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,045 | 67 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,704 | 88 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,656 | 90 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #1,670 | 88 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,985 | 53 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,134 | 27 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | — | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | #2,680 | 8 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Laney! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Laney is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#397 · 1 in 2,102
- North Carolina#745 · 1 in 5,722
- Georgia#926 · 1 in 7,128
- Florida#1,183 · 1 in 10,479
- Ohio#1,198 · 1 in 12,367
Best ever in a state: #79 in Wyoming, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #397 | 8 | 1 in 2,102 |
| North Carolina | #745 | 7 | 1 in 5,722 |
| Georgia | #926 | 6 | 1 in 7,128 |
| Florida | #1,183 | 7 | 1 in 10,479 |
| Ohio | #1,198 | 5 | 1 in 12,367 |
| Texas | #1,294 | 12 | 1 in 11,658 |
| California | #2,076 | 9 | 1 in 24,761 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Laney
- 16 spots since 2024 (#689 → #673)
- 23 spots since 2020 (#650 → #673)
- 32 spots since 2015 (#641 → #673)
- Biggest jump: 374 spots in 2000 (#1,077 → #703)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2016 (#641 → #768)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 2005 at #481 (635 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,910 girls born in 2005 were named Laney (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,818 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 36.6% of all girls named Laney (5,136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #920 (1883) | #920 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,583 (1896) | #1,642 |
| 1900s | 16 | #1,862 (1908) | #2,001 |
| 1910s | 52 | #2,140 (1910) | #3,267 |
| 1920s | 61 | #2,939 (1925) | #3,819 |
| 1930s | 20 | #3,376 (1936) | #3,557 |
| 1940s | 56 | #2,762 (1944) | #3,433 |
| 1950s | 64 | #3,106 (1951) | #4,670 |
| 1960s | 87 | #3,318 (1969) | #5,047 |
| 1970s | 151 | #2,942 (1978) | #4,320 |
| 1980s | 297 | #1,985 (1981) | #3,175 |
| 1990s | 994 | #1,077 (1999) | #1,631 |
| 2000s | 5,136 | #481 (2005) | #565 |
| 2010s | 4,475 | #522 (2011) | #652 |
| 2020s | 2,600 | #650 (2020) | #671 |
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.
Laney in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 16,738 of them was named Laney, which outranked 90.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,530Shaniya105
- #1,530Shelley105
- #1,530Whitley105
- #1,552Laney104
- #1,552Alix104
- #1,552Brittaney104
- #1,552Chyenne104
- #1,562Amethyst103
- #1,562Andie103
- #1,562Britni103
Tied with 9 names at #1,552; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 377,028 of them was named Laney, which outranked 14.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,549 names at #9,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.