Girls' name · since 1968
Lainey
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 28,421 babies named Lainey, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #30 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,421
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lainey is the #30 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 28,421 recorded since 1968.
Lainey has 28,421 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #30 as of the latest data, more common than 99.8% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #863 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #30 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 28,421 born since 1968
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lainey ranks #863 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #30 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 28,421 born since 1968, peaking in the 2020s.
- #863 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #30 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,421
- born since 1968
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lainey's 28,421 recorded births place it above 98.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Lainey compares
28,421 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Lainey's all-time total is 76x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lainey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28,421 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5,738 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lainey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lainey splits its recorded history at 2001: 96% of all births land in the more recent half, 4% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 5,738 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lainey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 5,738
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Lainey popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2022 (Lainey as boys' name)
Lainey by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18,606 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Lainey's strongest decade.
18,606 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Lainey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 195
1980s
195 births
- 1990s 655
1990s
655 births
- 2000s 3,180
2000s
3,180 births
- 2010s 5,769
2010s
5,769 births
- 2020s
2020s
18,606 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18,606 births (65% of all-time use).
How Lainey 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 Lainey's total volume
Lainey by state
Where Lainey concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,420 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 1,572 | 5.5% |
| #3 | California | | 1,372 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 1,165 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 1,156 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 1,042 | 3.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 1,018 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 967 | 3.4% |
2,420 of 28,421 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Lainey appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Laineys (2,420 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lainey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
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, 1968–2025 (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 Lainey 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.