Laney

Where Laney comes from

The dictionaries list Laney as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #920 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Laney Stewart born
    American record producer
  3. 1967
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 2002
    Laney Rouse born
    American soccer player
  5. 2005
    Peak, #481
    635 babies named Laney — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Laney Stewart · American record producer, born 1966
  • Laney Rouse · American soccer player, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.