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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |