Laine
Laine is given to both girls and boys: 147 girls and 33 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,464 among girls’ names and #3,481 among boys’, #2,372 among all names counting both); 6,113 Americans have been recorded with it since 1934 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Laine every year since 2020.
An estimated 5,890 Americans named Laine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 8 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Laine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Laine?
#1,464 among girls’ names, 2025
Laine rose from #2,182 in 2015 to #1,464 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 48.7 to 91.5 per million.
249 babies in 2019, the peak
Laine peaked in 2019, when 249 babies were given it (102 girls, #1,937 among girls’ names). The 180 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 72% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | #1,464 | 33 | #3,481 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,652 | 57 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,755 | 65 | #2,209 |
| 2022 | 153 | #1,451 | 62 | #2,307 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,617 | 74 | #2,017 |
| 2020 | 112 | #1,776 | 100 | #1,617 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,937 | 147 | #1,274 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,958 | 47 | #2,653 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,174 | 36 | #3,225 |
| 2016 | 92 | #2,121 | 30 | #3,650 |
Every recorded year (80)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87 | #2,182 | 33 | #3,404 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,361 | 33 | #3,343 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,498 | 35 | #3,159 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,644 | 39 | #2,984 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,337 | 30 | #3,560 |
| 2010 | 81 | #2,354 | 44 | #2,765 |
| 2009 | 75 | #2,520 | 36 | #3,197 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,139 | 46 | #2,701 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,557 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 72 | #2,550 | 39 | #2,909 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,043 | 45 | #2,508 |
| 2004 | 86 | #2,106 | 43 | #2,552 |
| 2003 | 124 | #1,557 | 43 | #2,451 |
| 2002 | 106 | #1,722 | 49 | #2,178 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,799 | 44 | #2,292 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,799 | 35 | #2,650 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,451 | 33 | #2,645 |
| 1998 | 61 | #2,324 | 44 | #2,111 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,953 | 42 | #2,114 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,163 | 43 | #2,033 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,566 | 31 | #2,472 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,388 | 23 | #3,064 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,548 | 19 | #3,442 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,893 | 16 | #3,846 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,525 | 19 | #3,273 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,584 | 18 | #3,394 |
| 1989 | 56 | #2,176 | 18 | #3,271 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,460 | 17 | #3,148 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,112 | 14 | #3,435 |
| 1986 | 45 | #2,285 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,418 | 13 | #3,522 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,875 | 6 | #6,013 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,683 | 13 | #3,336 |
| 1982 | 72 | #1,613 | 13 | #3,411 |
| 1981 | 92 | #1,357 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,724 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,362 | 9 | #4,249 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,314 | 9 | #4,027 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,324 | 10 | #3,733 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,242 | 8 | #4,221 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,722 | 17 | #2,498 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,943 | 8 | #4,027 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,549 | 5 | #5,524 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,410 | 10 | #3,261 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,212 | 12 | #2,906 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,162 | 6 | #4,510 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,803 | 11 | #2,784 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,893 | 13 | #2,394 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,459 | 14 | #2,211 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,327 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,063 | 12 | #2,419 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,983 | 16 | #2,075 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,608 | 26 | #1,565 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,136 | 16 | #2,085 |
| 1961 | 18 | #3,014 | 13 | #2,380 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,944 | 16 | #2,081 |
| 1959 | 16 | #3,045 | 24 | #1,644 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,302 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,218 | 16 | #2,057 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,671 | 16 | #2,050 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,295 | 11 | #2,499 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,126 | 10 | #2,667 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,645 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,731 | 5 | #4,027 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,856 | 6 | #3,559 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,084 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,976 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,952 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,004 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,639 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Laine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,113 Americans recorded as Laine, 66% are girls and 34% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Laine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Laine, and how old are they?
5,890 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 6,113 Americans ever recorded as Laine. The median Laine alive today is 21 years old; half are between 8 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 4,841 people named Laine (3,387 women and girls, 1,454 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,833 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 322 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 415 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,120 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,890 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,140 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Laine born?
The states with the most babies named Laine are Pennsylvania, Illinois and North Carolina, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #896 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 9 | #971 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,105 | 0.5× |
| California | 7 | #2,650 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,792 | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 7 | #1,019 | 0.4× |
| New York | 7 | #1,750 | 0.2× |
| Texas | 6 | #3,137 | 0.5× |
| Arkansas | 6 | #528 | 0.1× |
| Maryland | 6 | #793 | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Laine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 126,311 babies since 1880, Laine is the fifth most given (4.8% of them). In 2025 it was given to 180 of their 7,479 babies (2.4%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Laine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1930-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Rayn | 1,252 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Laine and names like it
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