Girls' name · since 1967
Lainee
Lainee has 1,559 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,554 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,615 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,559
- born since 1967
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lainee currently ranks #1615 among girls' names in America, with 1,559 babies recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Lainee recorded 1,559 times among girls since 1967, holding rank #1615 nationally today, ahead of 91% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #5,554 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,615 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,559 born since 1967
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lainee ranks #5,554 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,615 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,559 born since 1967, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,554 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,615 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,559
- born since 1967
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lainee's 1,559 recorded births place it above 92.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Lainee compares
1,559 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lainee's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lainee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,559 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 129 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lainee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lainee splits its recorded history at 2007: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 129 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lainee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 129
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Lainee by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (550 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Lainee's strongest decade.
550 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Lainee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 81
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
459 births
- 2010s
2010s
454 births
- 2020s
2020s
550 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 550 births (35% of all-time use).
How Lainee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lainee's total volume
Lainee by state
Where Lainee concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 110 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Utah | | 54 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 25 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #5 | California | | 16 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 14 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 9 | 0.6% |
110 of 1,559 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Lainee appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Lainees (110 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1967–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lainee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.