# Laine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,113 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,062 / 4,051 (66% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 125, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 2,337 |
| 2012 | 68 | 2,644 |
| 2013 | 72 | 2,498 |
| 2014 | 78 | 2,361 |
| 2015 | 87 | 2,182 |
| 2016 | 92 | 2,121 |
| 2017 | 88 | 2,174 |
| 2018 | 101 | 1,958 |
| 2019 | 102 | 1,937 |
| 2020 | 112 | 1,776 |
| 2021 | 130 | 1,617 |
| 2022 | 153 | 1,451 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,755 |
| 2024 | 125 | 1,652 |
| 2025 | 147 | 1,464 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,561 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,986 |
| 2013 | 35 | 3,161 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,345 |
| 2015 | 33 | 3,405 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,651 |
| 2017 | 36 | 3,226 |
| 2018 | 47 | 2,654 |
| 2019 | 147 | 1,274 |
| 2020 | 100 | 1,617 |
| 2021 | 74 | 2,018 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,308 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,210 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,434 |
| 2025 | 33 | 3,482 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Laine

- Laine Randjärv, Estonian politician (born 1964)
- Laine MacNeil, actress
- Laine Mägi, Estonian actress (born 1959)
- Laine Kallas, Estonian athletics competitor and agricultural scientist (1942-2024)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.