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Lainey

Lainey holds the #30 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 5,738 newborn girls in a single year. The name is on the way up, moving from #366 in 2020 to #30 today. Remarkably, 2025 is the strongest year in the entire SSA record for Lainey, which stretches back to 1968. The name's biggest fan base is in South Dakota (#1 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#30
among girl names
Trend
Rising
last 5 years
All-time peak
#30
in 2025 (2020s)
Babies in 2025
5,738
girls named Lainey

Lainey popularity, 1880–2025

0.096%0.19%0.29%0.39%18801900192019401960198020002020#30 in 2025
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 2025

Where Lainey is most popular

Alaska: #38 (11 girls, 0.67% of girls born 2025)AK#38Maine: #19 (30 girls, 0.96% of girls born 2025)ME#19Vermont: #21 (12 girls, 1.23% of girls born 2025)VT#21New Hampshire: #15 (40 girls, 1.05% of girls born 2025)NH#15Washington: #29 (133 girls, 0.46% of girls born 2025)WA#29Idaho: #7 (72 girls, 1.00% of girls born 2025)ID#7Montana: #4 (38 girls, 1.35% of girls born 2025)MT#4North Dakota: #2 (39 girls, 1.44% of girls born 2025)ND#2Minnesota: #12 (157 girls, 0.73% of girls born 2025)MN#12Wisconsin: #10 (162 girls, 0.80% of girls born 2025)WI#10Michigan: #9 (250 girls, 0.70% of girls born 2025)MI#9New York: #85 (163 girls, 0.21% of girls born 2025)NY#85Massachusetts: #68 (76 girls, 0.32% of girls born 2025)MA#68Rhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lainey in 2025RI—Oregon: #21 (73 girls, 0.56% of girls born 2025)OR#21Nevada: #46 (39 girls, 0.42% of girls born 2025)NV#46Wyoming: #10 (13 girls, 1.60% of girls born 2025)WY#10South Dakota: #1 (50 girls, 1.64% of girls born 2025)SD#1Iowa: #8 (101 girls, 0.86% of girls born 2025)IA#8Illinois: #43 (165 girls, 0.37% of girls born 2025)IL#43Indiana: #9 (190 girls, 0.68% of girls born 2025)IN#9Ohio: #8 (334 girls, 0.71% of girls born 2025)OH#8Pennsylvania: #13 (281 girls, 0.60% of girls born 2025)PA#13New Jersey: #78 (91 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)NJ#78Connecticut: #72 (34 girls, 0.30% of girls born 2025)CT#72California: #94 (325 girls, 0.20% of girls born 2025)CA#94Utah: #9 (137 girls, 0.80% of girls born 2025)UT#9Colorado: #42 (94 girls, 0.40% of girls born 2025)CO#42Nebraska: #15 (52 girls, 0.73% of girls born 2025)NE#15Missouri: #17 (145 girls, 0.60% of girls born 2025)MO#17Kentucky: #5 (160 girls, 0.93% of girls born 2025)KY#5West Virginia: #3 (68 girls, 1.34% of girls born 2025)WV#3Virginia: #39 (136 girls, 0.40% of girls born 2025)VA#39Maryland: #47 (70 girls, 0.35% of girls born 2025)MD#47Delaware: #55 (12 girls, 0.53% of girls born 2025)DE#55Arizona: #33 (122 girls, 0.43% of girls born 2025)AZ#33New Mexico: #46 (21 girls, 0.45% of girls born 2025)NM#46Kansas: #9 (99 girls, 0.84% of girls born 2025)KS#9Arkansas: #19 (59 girls, 0.56% of girls born 2025)AR#19Tennessee: #21 (177 girls, 0.55% of girls born 2025)TN#21North Carolina: #24 (209 girls, 0.45% of girls born 2025)NC#24South Carolina: #15 (99 girls, 0.54% of girls born 2025)SC#15District of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lainey in 2025DC—Oklahoma: #20 (80 girls, 0.54% of girls born 2025)OK#20Louisiana: #52 (60 girls, 0.37% of girls born 2025)LA#52Mississippi: #10 (63 girls, 0.71% of girls born 2025)MS#10Alabama: #15 (112 girls, 0.61% of girls born 2025)AL#15Georgia: #36 (159 girls, 0.35% of girls born 2025)GA#36Hawaii: #92 (8 girls, 0.37% of girls born 2025)HI#92Texas: #45 (465 girls, 0.29% of girls born 2025)TX#45Florida: #59 (243 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)FL#59
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: South Dakota (#1), Wyoming (#10), North Dakota (#2)

Uniqueness score

13/ 100Ultra popular
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper. Based on how many babies per birth were named Lainey in the most recent year of SSA data.

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