Lane Boy
How popular is Lane?
#250 boy name in 2025
1,383 baby boys were named Lane in the US in 2025, making it the 250th most popular boy name. Another 112 girls got the name (#1,796 for girls).
Lane popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #250 for boys (▲ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,383 boys, 112 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #297 in 2015, #256 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (1,407 boys) |
| Highest rank | #246 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 93% boys, 7% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lane counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lane family of names ranked #211 for boys in 2025 (#223 the year before), with 1,820 babies in all.
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 Lane is most popular
Babies named Lane per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 4.8 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Montana: 4.1 per 1,000 (72 boys)
- South Dakota: 3.0 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- Nebraska: 2.9 per 1,000 (126 boys)
- Iowa: 2.8 per 1,000 (194 boys)
Lane by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #836 |
| 1890s | 16 | #927 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,021 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,116 |
| 1920s | 388 | #960 |
| 1930s | 565 | #683 |
| 1940s | 945 | #554 |
| 1950s | 1,993 | #431 |
| 1960s | 2,416 | #475 |
| 1970s | 1,578 | #530 |
| 1980s | 1,896 | #591 |
| 1990s | 7,028 | #246 |
| 2000s | 10,234 | #274 |
| 2010s | 12,169 | #258 |
| 2020s | 8,122 | #250 |
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Questions
- Is Lane a boy or girl name?
- Lane is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Lane were boys.
- How popular is the name Lane?
- 1,383 baby boys were named Lane in the US in 2025, making it the 250th most popular boy name. Another 112 girls got the name (#1,796 for girls).
- When was Lane most popular?
- Lane peaked in 2019, when 1,407 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #246 in 1995.
- How many people are named Lane?
- 52,177 babies have been named Lane in the US since 1880. We estimate about 48,598 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Lane most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lane was most common in Wyoming, at 4.8 of every 1,000 boys 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.