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How popular is the name Lane?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lanes are alive today.
Lane (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Layne in England and Wales, ranked 3256th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2018, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2693rd most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Layne you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Laynes born in England and Wales are between 8 and 31, and there are at least 430 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Layne - on average, only one in every 705 such rooms contains a Layne.
How many babies are named Lane each year?
Includes all spellings: Lane, Laine, Layne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lane spelling rank?
Where does the Laine spelling rank?
Where does the Layne 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 Lane most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Layne, peaked in 2025, when 25 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Lane spelling itself peaked in 2018, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Lane?
At least 430 people named Lane in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lane?
Most living Lanes are between 8 and 31; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Lane becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.