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How popular is the name Laney?
Births per year, rank history and how many Laneys are alive today.
Laney (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Lainey in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2009, when 27 babies were given the name, the 1139th most popular that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2025 figure is roughly 44% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lainey you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Laineys born in England and Wales are between 3 and 16, and there are at least 1,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Lainey - on average, only one in every 197 such rooms contains a Lainey.
How many babies are named Laney each year?
Includes all spellings: Laney, Lainey. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Laney spelling rank?
Where does the Lainey spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Laney most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Lainey, peaked in 2025, when 231 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Laney spelling itself peaked in 2009, with 27 babies.
How many people are called Laney?
At least 1,600 people named Laney in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Laney?
Most living Laneys are between 3 and 16; the most common age is about 2.
Is Laney becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2025 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.