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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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