# Laney (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/laney/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈleɪni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lanea, Lanee, Laneigh, Lanie, Lany |
| US babies named this | 14,360 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 336 / 14,024 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 418, 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 | 557 | 522 |
| 2012 | 454 | 630 |
| 2013 | 418 | 678 |
| 2014 | 449 | 637 |
| 2015 | 445 | 643 |
| 2016 | 370 | 771 |
| 2017 | 439 | 669 |
| 2018 | 388 | 730 |
| 2019 | 415 | 698 |
| 2020 | 444 | 650 |
| 2021 | 458 | 652 |
| 2022 | 419 | 705 |
| 2023 | 447 | 658 |
| 2024 | 411 | 689 |
| 2025 | 421 | 674 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6 | 3,868 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,491 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,510 |
| 1965 | 8 | 3,128 |
| 1966 | 7 | 3,405 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,293 |
| 1968 | 7 | 3,535 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,514 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,532 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,939 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,923 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,009 |
| 1997 | 5 | 10,164 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,531 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,564 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## 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.