Girls' name · since 2000
Lainy
Lainy has 197 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,970 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,420 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lainy currently ranks #11420 among girls' names in America, with 197 babies recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Lainy recorded 197 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #11420 nationally today, ahead of 34% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #19,970 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,420 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 197 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lainy ranks #19,970 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,420 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 197 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,970 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,420 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lainy's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lainy compares
197 36th percentile among 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
Lainy's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lainy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lainy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lainy splits its recorded history at 2011: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lainy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Lainy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (105 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Lainy's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Lainy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 105 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Lainy's decade-level peak was the 2000s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lainy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Lainy 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.