Lainey — #38 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lainey

The Social Security Administration has registered 22,669 babies named Lainey between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lainey currently holds the #38 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 5,147 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lainey performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 12,853 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lainey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,955 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Lainey in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lainey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22,669 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.