Lainey Girl
How popular is Lainey?
#30 girl name in 2025
5,738 baby girls were named Lainey in the US in 2025, making it the 30th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Lainey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #30 for girls (▲ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,738 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+981% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #576 in 2015, #366 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (5,738 girls) |
| Highest rank | #30 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lainey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lainey family of names ranked #27 for girls in 2025 (#37 the year before), with 6,919 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lainey | 5,738 | 83% |
| Laney | 421 | 6% |
| Laynie | 172 | 2% |
| Lanie | 83 | 1% |
| Lani | 131 | 2% |
| Laynee | 121 | 2% |
| Lainee | 129 | 2% |
| Lainie | 52 | 1% |
| Layni | 25 | 0% |
| Layney | 10 | 0% |
| Lany | 19 | 0% |
| Laini | 10 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lainey is most popular
Babies named Lainey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 12.2 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- South Dakota: 10.8 per 1,000 (154 girls)
- North Dakota: 9.4 per 1,000 (124 girls)
- West Virginia: 9.2 per 1,000 (241 girls)
- Montana: 9.1 per 1,000 (123 girls)
Lainey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1970s | 10 | #8,421 |
| 1980s | 195 | #3,159 |
| 1990s | 655 | #1,645 |
| 2000s | 3,180 | #669 |
| 2010s | 5,769 | #381 |
| 2020s | 18,606 | #30 |
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Questions
- Is Lainey a boy or girl name?
- Lainey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lainey were girls.
- How popular is the name Lainey?
- 5,738 baby girls were named Lainey in the US in 2025, making it the 30th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Lainey most popular?
- Lainey peaked in 2025, when 5,738 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #30 in 2025.
- How many people are named Lainey?
- 28,431 babies have been named Lainey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,324 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 3.
- Where is Lainey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lainey was most common in Wyoming, at 12.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.