Lain*
#7,204 most common boys' name of all time · #18,077 across all names · 95% boys / 5% girls · used 1973–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#7,204
Rank overall
#18,077 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
511
Since 2016
138
Peak year
2004 #4,698
Best rank
#3,599 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Lain first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,961 |
| 2024 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,388 |
| 2023 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #9,136 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,250 |
| 2021 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 2020 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,393 |
| 2019 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,904 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,022 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,161 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,849 |
| 2015 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,373 |
| 2014 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,136 |
| 2013 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,059 |
| 2012 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,448 |
| 2011 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,050 |
| 2010 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,350 |
| 2009 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,193 |
| 2008 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #8,551 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,093 |
| 2006 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,186 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,028 |
| 2004 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #4,698 |
| 2003 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,128 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,901 |
| 2001 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,013 |
| 2000 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,599 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,818 |
| 1998 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,012 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,897 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,360 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,316 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,652 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,245 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,964 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,944 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,818 |