Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Lainee

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,618 Trend ↑ Rising 145%
Rank 2025
#1,618
among girls · ↑143 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
129
named Lainee · +12% vs 2024
How common
1 in 12,459
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
129 babies
All-time total
1,559
#5,553 all-time among girls
First recorded
1967
in Social Security records

Lainee popularity over time

1,559 babies have been named Lainee since 1967, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 5 1 – #7,314
1970s 5 1 0% #10,060
1980s 5 1 0% #11,259
1990s 81 8 +1520% #5,340
2000s 459 46 +467% #2,953
2010s 454 45 -1% #2,957
2020s (to 2025) 550 92 +102% #1,618

Where Lainee is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 148 0.09 outside top 500
2027 167 0.10 outside top 500
2028 185 0.12 outside top 500
2029 202 0.13 outside top 500
2030 217 0.14 outside top 500

Where Lainee is most popular

Girls named Lainee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.061 per 1,000. Strongest in Utah, Idaho, and Kentucky.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Lainee born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Utah 21 0.252 +311%
Idaho 5 0.149 +143%
Kentucky 9 0.105 +71%
Tennessee 16 0.101 +65%
Indiana 14 0.100 +62%
Arkansas 5 0.095 +54%
Iowa 5 0.086 +39%
Ohio 20 0.084 +37%
Oklahoma 6 0.082 +33%
Texas 49 0.061 ≈ national
Louisiana 5 0.057 -7%
Missouri 5 0.041 -32%
Illinois 6 0.026 -57%
North Carolina 5 0.022 -64%
Florida 7 0.016 -73%
California 11 0.013 -79%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Georgia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Kansas – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
New York – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Lainee

Lainee is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,618 in 2025 with 129 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1967, 1,559 American babies have been named Lainee. Its peak came in 2025, when 129 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Lainee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Lainee?

The median living Lainee is about 11 years old; half are between 3 and 18. An estimated 1,500 people named Lainee are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Lainee year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 129 #1,618
2024 115 #1,761
2023 118 #1,744
2022 72 #2,507
2021 64 #2,695
2020 52 #3,079
2019 48 #3,307
2018 52 #3,138
2017 42 #3,668
2016 39 #3,895
2015 30 #4,666
2014 43 #3,625
2013 49 #3,294
2012 45 #3,560
2011 48 #3,386
2010 58 #2,957
2009 56 #3,073
2008 59 #2,978
2007 57 #3,079
2006 46 #3,485
2005 55 #2,953
2004 48 #3,202
2003 41 #3,504
2002 31 #4,133
2001 32 #3,991
2000 34 #3,778
1995 – –
1990 7 #10,830
1985 – –
1980 5 #11,259
1975 – –
1970 – –
1965 – –
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Lainee, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Lainee?

The median living Lainee is about 11 years old. Half of all living Lainees are between 3 and 18 years old.

How many people named Lainee are alive today?

An estimated 1,500 people named Lainee are alive in the United States, based on 1,559 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Lainee in 2025?

Lainee ranked #1,618 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 129 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Lainee?

1,559 babies have been named Lainee in the United States since 1967, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Lainee most popular?

Lainee peaked in 2025, when 129 newborns received the name.

Is Lainee a boy or girl name?

Lainee is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Lainee rising or falling?

Lainee is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Lainee become more popular?

Lainee is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 217 girls named Lainee in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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