Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lainie

#4,518 most common girls' name of all time · #7,687 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1966–2025

Rank among girls
#4,518
Rank overall
#7,687 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,967
Since 2016
333
Peak year
1970 #1,237
Best rank
#1,237 1970
Girls Boys peak 91/yr
198020002020

Lainie first appears in 1966. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 52 — 52 #3,109
2024 48 — 48 #3,292
2023 40 — 40 #3,787
2022 28 — 28 #4,826
2021 29 — 29 #4,638
2020 23 — 23 #5,362
2019 30 — 30 #4,588
2018 31 — 31 #4,486
2017 23 — 23 #5,572
2016 29 — 29 #4,772
2015 27 — 27 #5,025
2014 32 — 32 #4,491
2013 34 — 34 #4,267
2012 34 — 34 #4,331
2011 45 — 45 #3,517
2010 42 — 42 #3,707
2009 46 — 46 #3,531
2008 44 — 44 #3,669
2007 38 — 38 #4,069
2006 44 — 44 #3,588
2005 59 — 59 #2,806
2004 54 — 54 #2,947
2003 74 — 74 #2,290
2002 52 — 52 #2,869
2001 44 — 44 #3,170
2000 31 — 31 #4,018
1999 17 — 17 #5,975
1998 16 — 16 #6,175
1997 18 — 18 #5,492
1996 25 — 25 #4,247
1995 17 — 17 #5,533
1994 21 — 21 #4,761
1993 22 — 22 #4,602
1992 34 — 34 #3,304
1991 25 — 25 #4,133
1990 33 — 33 #3,330
1989 9 — 9 #8,334
1988 5 — 5 #12,436
1987 10 — 10 #7,057
1986 16 — 16 #4,849
1985 6 — 6 #9,833
1984 8 — 8 #7,747
1983 11 — 11 #6,035
1982 17 — 17 #4,458
1981 25 — 25 #3,412
1980 27 — 27 #3,194
1979 20 — 20 #3,864
1978 18 — 18 #4,025
1977 14 — 14 #4,850
1976 19 — 19 #3,651
1975 33 — 33 #2,449
1974 48 — 48 #1,843
1973 49 — 49 #1,787
1972 31 — 31 #2,392
1971 48 — 48 #1,855
1970 91 — 91 #1,237
1969 73 — 73 #1,337
1968 68 — 68 #1,364
1967 39 — 39 #1,904
1966 21 — 21 #2,751