How Many People Are Named Laine?

5,900

people named Laine are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 57,929 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,113 babies named Laine in Social Security records from 1934 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,351

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#204

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Peak Year

2019

249 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Estonian
Pronunciation: LIE-ne
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Means "wave" in Estonian.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
66.8%
Male
33.2%

Of the babies given the name Laine, 66.8% were girls and 33.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Laine rose from 54.7% in the 1950s to 66.7% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1980s, at 82.1%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Laine alive today is about 23 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 34 in 2025.

Under 30 4,135
70.1%
30 to 59 1,416
24%
60 and over 349
5.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Laine first appears in the records in 1934 and was given most often in 2019, to 249 babies. In 2025, 180 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1934 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Laine has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,357, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #1,464. Among boys, its best rank was #1,274, in 2019.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#1,464#3,481
Best rank#1,357 (1981)#1,274 (2019)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#2,248 in the 2010s#2,611 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Laine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Laine were born in Texas than in any other state: about 280 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Laine was given 2.5 times as often in Ohio, 2.1 times in Illinois and 1.8 times in Michigan.

Texas 280
California 265
Ohio 161
Illinois 143
Pennsylvania 98
Florida 98
Michigan 93
New York 83
North Carolina 83
Georgia 68
Virginia 51
Wisconsin 46
Indiana 38
Minnesota 36
Missouri 34
Colorado 26
Massachusetts 17
Washington 11
New Jersey 10
Kentucky 8
South Carolina 6
Arkansas 6
Maryland 6
Louisiana 6
West Virginia 6
Oklahoma 5
Kansas 5

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