NameTides

Laney

Laney was the #673 girls' name in the US in 2025 (421 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Laney as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Laney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Laney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#673 (421)#2,278 (12)——#2,730 (7)
2024#689 (411)#1,743 (17)#407 (3)—#2,975 (6)
2023#658 (447)#1,959 (14)#391 (3)—#1,419 (16)
2022#704 (419)#1,685 (17)——#1,854 (11)
2021#652 (458)#2,711 (9)—#883 (3)#1,876 (11)
2020#650 (444)#1,846 (15)——#2,007 (10)
2019#697 (415)#2,040 (13)——#2,872 (6)
2018#730 (388)#2,340 (11)——#1,996 (10)
2017#669 (439)#1,817 (16)#355 (4)—#2,374 (8)
2016#768 (370)#2,547 (10)——#1,906 (11)
2015#641 (445)#2,070 (13)———
2014#637 (449)#1,628 (18)——#1,786 (12)
2013#678 (418)#1,537 (20)——#1,913 (11)
2012#629 (454)#1,297 (25)——#1,904 (11)
2011#522 (557)#1,327 (23)——#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #481.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Laney is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,600 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Laney by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: #330UTColorado: #456CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #431GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #796FL
Laney (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LaneyCanadaGirls#2,7307
LaneyEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
LaneyIrelandGirls—too few
LaneyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LaneyUSGirls#673421
LaneyUSBoys—too few