NameTides

Lainey

Lainey was the #30 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5,738 babies), and #216 in England & Wales and #53 in Canada.

Lainey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lainey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Lainey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#30 (5,738)#216 (219)#256 (14)#87 (24)#304 (13)#53 (421)#56 (119)#69 (91)
2024#38 (5,156)#325 (133)#196 (19)#144 (14)#320 (12)#72 (340)#97 (73)—
2023#54 (3,941)#528 (74)#439 (7)#237 (7)#555 (6)#135 (193)——
2022#174 (1,698)#762 (48)—#305 (5)#389 (10)#384 (79)——
2021#250 (1,229)#709 (53)—#266 (6)#517 (7)#471 (64)——
2020#366 (844)#683 (54)—#397 (3)#544 (6)#565 (51)——
2019#381 (822)#651 (60)#765 (3)—#716 (4)#563 (55)——
2018#460 (684)#767 (50)——#734 (4)#953 (28)——
2017#510 (615)#701 (58)—#432 (3)#734 (4)#857 (32)——
2016#541 (577)#1,057 (33)—#353 (4)#661 (5)#915 (29)——
2015#576 (531)#1,139 (30)——#896 (3)#951 (27)——
2014#585 (514)#859 (44)—#365 (4)#876 (3)#948 (28)——
2013#584 (490)#839 (45)——#424 (10)#1,021 (25)——
2012#568 (516)#789 (49)——#560 (7)#1,297 (19)——
2011#533 (544)#789 (47)——#550 (7)#1,122 (22)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #30.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 280 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 280common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 300common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 360common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lainey is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 150 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 96 to 1 in 240.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lainey by state, 2025Alaska: #38AKMaine: #19MEWisconsin: #10WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #15NHWashington: #29WAIdaho: #7IDMontana: #4MTNorth Dakota: #2NDMinnesota: #12MNIllinois: #43ILMichigan: #9MINew York: #85NYMassachusetts: #68MAOregon: #21ORNevada: #46NVWyoming: #10WYSouth Dakota: #1SDIowa: #8IAIndiana: #9INOhio: #8OHPennsylvania: #13PANew Jersey: #78NJConnecticut: #72CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #94CAUtah: #9UTColorado: #42CONebraska: #15NEMissouri: #17MOKentucky: #5KYWest Virginia: #3WVVirginia: #39VAMaryland: #47MDDelaware: #55DEArizona: #33AZNew Mexico: #46NMKansas: #9KSArkansas: #19ARTennessee: #21TNNorth Carolina: #24NCSouth Carolina: #15SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #20OKLouisiana: #52LAMississippi: #10MSAlabama: #15ALGeorgia: #36GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #45TXFlorida: #59FL
Lainey (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#80121
Quebec2025#5408

Lainey (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LaineyCanadaGirls#53421
LaineyEngland & WalesGirls#216219
LaineyIrelandGirls#30413
LaineyNorthern IrelandGirls#8724
LaineyNSWGirls#56119
LaineyScotlandGirls#25614
LaineyUSGirls#305,738
LaineyUSBoys#12,0085
LaineyVICGirls#6991