Girls' name · since 1966
Lainie
Lainie has 1,967 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,751 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,109 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,967
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,967 babies have been named Lainie since 1966, making it today's #3109 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lainie has been recorded 1,967 times among girls since 1966, currently ranked #3109 nationally and more common than 82% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #4,751 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,109 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,967 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lainie ranks #4,751 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,109 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,967 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,751 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,109 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,967
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lainie's 1,967 recorded births place it above 93.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Lainie compares
1,967 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Lainie's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lainie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,967 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 91 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lainie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lainie splits its recorded history at 1996: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 91 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lainie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (1970)
- 91
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Lainie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (486 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Lainie's strongest decade.
486 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lainie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
201 births
- 1970s
1970s
371 births
- 1980s 134
1980s
134 births
- 1990s
1990s
228 births
- 2000s
2000s
486 births
- 2010s
2010s
327 births
- 2020s
2020s
220 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 486 births (25% of all-time use).
How Lainie 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 Lainie's total volume
Lainie by state
Where Lainie concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 77 | 3.9% |
| #2 | California | | 75 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 56 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 32 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.3% |
77 of 1,967 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Lainie's data
- Lainie's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (486 total births) through the 2020s (220) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Lainies (77 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lainie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Lainie 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.