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.

Lane*

#497 most common boys' name of all time · #1,074 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#497
Rank overall
#1,074 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
52,177
Since 2016
14,132
Peak year
2019 #258
Best rank
#246 1995
Girls Boys peak 1,505/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lane first appears in 1881. 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 112 1,383 1,495 #250
2024 87 1,332 1,419 #261
2023 100 1,374 1,474 #254
2022 120 1,339 1,459 #261
2021 111 1,322 1,433 #261
2020 104 1,372 1,476 #256
2019 98 1,407 1,505 #258
2018 85 1,212 1,297 #291
2017 78 1,178 1,256 #299
2016 86 1,232 1,318 #294
2015 98 1,209 1,307 #297
2014 63 1,200 1,263 #296
2013 69 1,152 1,221 #304
2012 76 1,223 1,299 #289
2011 74 1,294 1,368 #270
2010 71 1,062 1,133 #303
2009 76 1,053 1,129 #306
2008 66 1,053 1,119 #317
2007 70 1,016 1,086 #316
2006 82 986 1,068 #327
2005 68 1,039 1,107 #317
2004 80 1,068 1,148 #299
2003 89 1,129 1,218 #274
2002 98 981 1,079 #299
2001 69 894 963 #310
2000 78 1,015 1,093 #296
1999 73 968 1,041 #297
1998 55 954 1,009 #296
1997 83 967 1,050 #288
1996 78 1,070 1,148 #261
1995 66 1,168 1,234 #246
1994 85 689 774 #354
1993 74 299 373 #593
1992 61 296 357 #598
1991 54 289 343 #600
1990 68 328 396 #558
1989 54 239 293 #649
1988 54 248 302 #594
1987 49 210 259 #632
1986 62 219 281 #602
1985 51 179 230 #658
1984 73 169 242 #666
1983 70 137 207 #738
1982 97 173 270 #663
1981 68 176 244 #640
1980 35 146 181 #725
1979 35 148 183 #704
1978 26 130 156 #743
1977 10 134 144 #739
1976 24 153 177 #663
1975 24 147 171 #681
1974 13 155 168 #648
1973 12 134 146 #691
1972 13 151 164 #652
1971 16 194 210 #594
1970 30 232 262 #531
1969 23 244 267 #495
1968 22 215 237 #515
1967 25 218 243 #510
1966 22 216 238 #515
1965 16 225 241 #507
1964 28 278 306 #475
1963 20 211 231 #549
1962 36 271 307 #482
1961 29 261 290 #488
1960 26 277 303 #476
1959 30 342 372 #431
1958 39 198 237 #550
1957 31 183 214 #572
1956 32 194 226 #541
1955 31 184 215 #546
1954 33 183 216 #538
1953 39 181 220 #529
1952 35 187 222 #510
1951 48 181 229 #503
1950 30 160 190 #538
1949 45 146 191 #559
1948 26 113 139 #637
1947 27 117 144 #637
1946 23 119 142 #590
1945 20 80 100 #673
1944 15 83 98 #681
1943 24 69 93 #791
1942 15 81 96 #717
1941 7 70 77 #744
1940 14 67 81 #752
1939 15 73 88 #698
1938 13 78 91 #686
1937 6 59 65 #805
1936 10 56 66 #821
1935 6 69 75 #739
1934 7 45 52 #949
1933 47 47 #913
1932 55 55 #865
1931 30 30 #1,266
1930 53 53 #921
1929 49 49 #967
1928 38 38 #1,156
1927 30 30 #1,355
1926 44 44 #1,055
1925 8 33 41 #1,260
1924 7 44 51 #1,080
1923 40 40 #1,131
1922 6 45 51 #1,047
1921 41 41 #1,112
1920 24 24 #1,558
1919 26 26 #1,422
1918 28 28 #1,355
1917 28 28 #1,298
1916 5 24 29 #1,437
1915 23 23 #1,421
1914 18 18 #1,455
1913 13 13 #1,523
1911 10 10 #1,147
1910 7 7 #1,352
1909 5 5 #1,516
1908 8 8 #1,068
1905 6 6 #1,163
1903 5 5 #1,213
1899 6 6 #1,008
1897 5 5 #1,140
1896 5 5 #1,181
1882 6 6 #911
1881 5 5 #969