Lane
#1,796 for girls in 2025, 112 births · #250 for boys in 2025, 1,383 births
Given to boys 91.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 1,168 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 47,562since 1881
Lane over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,796 | 112 | #250 | 1,383 |
| 2024 | #2,178 | 87 | #261 | 1,332 |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | #254 | 1,374 |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 | #261 | 1,339 |
| 2021 | #1,816 | 111 | #261 | 1,322 |
| 2020 | #1,860 | 104 | #256 | 1,372 |
| 2019 | #1,971 | 98 | #258 | 1,407 |
| 2018 | #2,190 | 85 | #291 | 1,212 |
| 2017 | #2,338 | 78 | #299 | 1,178 |
| 2016 | #2,221 | 86 | #294 | 1,232 |
| 2015 | #2,012 | 98 | #297 | 1,209 |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 | #296 | 1,200 |
| 2013 | #2,568 | 69 | #304 | 1,152 |
| 2012 | #2,426 | 76 | #289 | 1,223 |
| 2011 | #2,454 | 74 | #270 | 1,294 |
| 2010 | #2,562 | 71 | #303 | 1,062 |
| 2009 | #2,485 | 76 | #306 | 1,053 |
| 2008 | #2,754 | 66 | #317 | 1,053 |
| 2007 | #2,616 | 70 | #316 | 1,016 |
| 2006 | #2,308 | 82 | #327 | 986 |
| 2005 | #2,524 | 68 | #317 | 1,039 |
| 2004 | #2,204 | 80 | #299 | 1,068 |
| 2003 | #2,019 | 89 | #274 | 1,129 |
| 2002 | #1,821 | 98 | #299 | 981 |
| 2001 | #2,304 | 69 | #310 | 894 |
| 2000 | #2,089 | 78 | #296 | 1,015 |
| 1999 | #2,095 | 73 | #297 | 968 |
| 1998 | #2,498 | 55 | #296 | 954 |
| 1997 | #1,802 | 83 | #288 | 967 |
| 1996 | #1,864 | 78 | #261 | 1,070 |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 | #246 | 1,168 |
| 1994 | #1,728 | 85 | #353 | 689 |
| 1993 | #1,898 | 74 | #593 | 299 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 | #598 | 296 |
| 1991 | #2,356 | 54 | #599 | 289 |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 | #557 | 328 |
| 1989 | #2,222 | 54 | #648 | 239 |
| 1988 | #2,131 | 54 | #591 | 248 |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 | #632 | 210 |
| 1986 | #1,816 | 62 | #602 | 219 |
| 1985 | #2,082 | 51 | #656 | 179 |
| 1984 | #1,550 | 73 | #665 | 169 |
| 1983 | #1,585 | 70 | #738 | 137 |
| 1982 | #1,302 | 97 | #663 | 173 |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 | #640 | 176 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | #725 | 146 |
| 1979 | #2,582 | 35 | #702 | 148 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | #741 | 130 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #739 | 134 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | #663 | 153 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #678 | 147 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #647 | 155 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #689 | 134 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #651 | 151 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #592 | 194 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #530 | 232 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | #494 | 244 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | #514 | 215 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #509 | 218 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | #515 | 216 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #507 | 225 |
| 1964 | #2,306 | 28 | #475 | 278 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #548 | 211 |
| 1962 | #1,917 | 36 | #482 | 271 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | #487 | 261 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | #476 | 277 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | #431 | 342 |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 | #547 | 198 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 | #571 | 183 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 | #539 | 194 |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 | #546 | 184 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | #537 | 183 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | #528 | 181 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #510 | 187 |
| 1951 | #1,339 | 48 | #502 | 181 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #537 | 160 |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | #555 | 146 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 | #636 | 113 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #637 | 117 |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 | #589 | 119 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #671 | 80 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #679 | 83 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 | #787 | 69 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #713 | 81 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #739 | 70 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 | #751 | 67 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | #695 | 73 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #683 | 78 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #803 | 59 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #816 | 56 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #739 | 69 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #942 | 45 |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | — | #862 | 55 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,253 | 30 | |
| 1930 | — | #915 | 53 | |
| 1929 | — | #960 | 49 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,147 | 38 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,350 | 30 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,050 | 44 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #1,071 | 44 |
| 1923 | — | #1,128 | 40 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,046 | 45 |
| 1921 | — | #1,101 | 41 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,543 | 24 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,343 | 28 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,415 | 24 |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Lane! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1898, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lane
- 11 spots since 2024 (#261 → #250)
- 6 spots since 2020 (#256 → #250)
- 47 spots since 2015 (#297 → #250)
- Biggest jump: 391 spots in 1932 (#1,253 → #862)
- Biggest drop: 338 spots in 1931 (#915 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1995 at #246 (1,168 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 99 yrs · run 1932–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,235 boys born in 2025 were named Lane (0.08%)
- Its best rank, #246 in 1995, was only 1 in 1,630 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.6% of all boys named Lane (12,169) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #837 (1882) | #852 |
| 1890s | 16 | #928 (1899) | #1,029 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,021 (1908) | #1,171 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,117 (1911) | #1,360 |
| 1920s | 388 | #960 (1929) | #1,164 |
| 1930s | 565 | #683 (1938) | #861 |
| 1940s | 945 | #555 (1949) | #676 |
| 1950s | 1,993 | #431 (1959) | #525 |
| 1960s | 2,416 | #475 (1964) | #501 |
| 1970s | 1,578 | #530 (1970) | #663 |
| 1980s | 1,896 | #591 (1988) | #656 |
| 1990s | 7,028 | #246 (1995) | #409 |
| 2000s | 10,234 | #274 (2003) | #306 |
| 2010s | 12,169 | #258 (2019) | #290 |
| 2020s | 8,122 | #250 (2025) | #257 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lane in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 27,174 of them was named Lane, which outranked 86.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,503Salena69
- #2,503Zayda69
- #2,503Zuri69
- #2,524Lane68
- #2,524Aislyn68
- #2,524Alisia68
- #2,524Alizabeth68
- #2,553Aleyah67
- #2,553Annastasia67
- #2,553Anyia67
Tied with 28 names at #2,524; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 1,922 of them was named Lane, which outranked 97.6% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.