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 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#550 · 1 in 3,475
- Oklahoma#591 · 1 in 3,381
- Georgia#771 · 1 in 5,567
- Florida#1,214 · 1 in 10,611
- Texas#1,435 · 1 in 13,040
Best ever in a state: #79 in Wyoming, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #550 | 6 | 1 in 3,475 |
| Oklahoma | #591 | 5 | 1 in 3,381 |
| Georgia | #771 | 8 | 1 in 5,567 |
| Florida | #1,214 | 7 | 1 in 10,611 |
| Texas | #1,435 | 11 | 1 in 13,040 |
| California | #3,059 | 5 | 1 in 44,203 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 17,848 of them was named Laney, which outranked 90.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,620Teanna100
- #1,620Tristin100
- #1,620Yoselin100
- #1,636Laney99
- #1,636Adreanna99
- #1,636Amirah99
- #1,636Corey99
- #1,646Annalee98
- #1,646Clarisa98
- #1,646Cyan98
Tied with 9 names at #1,636; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.