The first name Lainey
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A diminutive of the female given name Elaine.
Lainey is a short form of
.From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 219 girls were named Lainey, making it the 216th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Lainey with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Lainey at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 5,738 girls born in the United States were named Lainey, the 30th most popular girls’ name that year.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Lainey
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Lainey WilsonAmerican country singer, born 1992
Questions
- How popular is the name Lainey?
- In 2025, 219 girls born in England and Wales were named Lainey, ranking 216th.
- Is Lainey a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 28,431 US babies named Lainey since 1880 were girls.
- When was Lainey most popular?
- 2025 in the United States, when 5,738 babies were named Lainey, its highest rank at 30th.