How Many People Are Named Laney?
people named Laney are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,620 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,360 babies named Laney in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
640 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ELAINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Laney in English. Counting Laney and these spellings together, about 42,158 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Laney, 98.7% were girls and 1.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Laney rose from 40.3% in the 1940s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Laney alive today is about 16 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Laney first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 2006, to 640 babies. In 2025, 421 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Laney has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #482, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #674.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #674 |
| Best rank | #482 (2005) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #574 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Laney alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Laney were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,394 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Laney was given 3.2 times as often in Arkansas, 3.2 times in Oklahoma and 2.5 times in Mississippi.
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