Laney
#1,290 most common girls' name of all time · #2,262 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1883–2025
Rank among girls
#1,290
Rank overall
#2,262 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
14,360
Since 2016
4,212
Peak year
2006 #486
Best rank
#481 2005
Girls
Boys
peak 640/yr
Laney first appears in 1883. 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 | 421 | — | 421 | #673 |
| 2024 | 411 | — | 411 | #689 |
| 2023 | 447 | — | 447 | #658 |
| 2022 | 419 | — | 419 | #704 |
| 2021 | 458 | — | 458 | #652 |
| 2020 | 444 | — | 444 | #650 |
| 2019 | 415 | — | 415 | #697 |
| 2018 | 388 | — | 388 | #730 |
| 2017 | 439 | — | 439 | #669 |
| 2016 | 370 | — | 370 | #768 |
| 2015 | 445 | — | 445 | #641 |
| 2014 | 449 | — | 449 | #637 |
| 2013 | 418 | — | 418 | #678 |
| 2012 | 454 | — | 454 | #629 |
| 2011 | 557 | — | 557 | #523 |
| 2010 | 540 | — | 540 | #545 |
| 2009 | 561 | — | 561 | #537 |
| 2008 | 543 | — | 543 | #567 |
| 2007 | 588 | 5 | 593 | #533 |
| 2006 | 640 | — | 640 | #486 |
| 2005 | 635 | — | 635 | #481 |
| 2004 | 527 | 7 | 534 | #543 |
| 2003 | 495 | — | 495 | #559 |
| 2002 | 407 | — | 407 | #627 |
| 2001 | 408 | — | 408 | #616 |
| 2000 | 332 | — | 332 | #704 |
| 1999 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,077 |
| 1998 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,636 |
| 1997 | 104 | 5 | 109 | #1,554 |
| 1996 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,609 |
| 1995 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,671 |
| 1994 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,690 |
| 1993 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,048 |
| 1992 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,704 |
| 1991 | 90 | 5 | 95 | #1,658 |
| 1990 | 88 | 5 | 93 | #1,670 |
| 1989 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,773 |
| 1988 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,703 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,431 |
| 1986 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,375 |
| 1985 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,254 |
| 1984 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,338 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,567 |
| 1982 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,268 |
| 1981 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,990 |
| 1980 | 27 | 6 | 33 | #3,140 |
| 1979 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,684 |
| 1978 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,950 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,674 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,175 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,557 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,483 |
| 1973 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #3,989 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,321 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,138 |
| 1970 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #5,453 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,346 |
| 1968 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1967 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #4,657 |
| 1966 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 1965 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #4,236 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,824 |
| 1963 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,955 |
| 1962 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #4,894 |
| 1961 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #4,581 |
| 1960 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #5,744 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,282 |
| 1958 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #4,941 |
| 1957 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,155 |
| 1956 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,388 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #5,904 |
| 1954 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #4,319 |
| 1953 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #4,625 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1951 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #3,136 |
| 1950 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1949 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #2,873 |
| 1948 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #4,697 |
| 1947 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #3,744 |
| 1946 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #3,708 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1944 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,797 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1942 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1941 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1940 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #2,990 |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,907 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,432 |
| 1934 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #3,497 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,631 |
| 1928 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #2,979 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,964 |
| 1924 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,480 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,429 |
| 1922 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,056 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,632 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,489 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,695 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,649 |
| 1916 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #3,294 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,171 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,675 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,192 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,263 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,918 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,986 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,764 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,638 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,028 |