Meaning not yet researched.
Lane: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,383 in 2025. Its best rank was #246 in 1995.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #246 in 1995; #250 in 2025. About 93% of babies named Lane in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#250 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1995, at #246.
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Lane: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,383 boys in 2025. Peak: #246 in 1995 · most boys in one year: 1,407 (2019).
In 2025, 1,383 US boys were named Lane, making it the 250th most common boys’ name of the year, up 11 places from #261 in 2024. That is 51 more than the 1,332 boys named Lane in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #246, reached in 1995. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,407, in 2019. For comparison, it was #297 in 2015 and #539 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lane in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 52,177 US babies have been given the name, 8.8% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 12,967 babies named Lane.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 13,151 US boys were named Lane; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 1,407. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,235 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lane ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #102 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lani (7,556 babies since 1880), Liane (3,879 babies since 1880), Layne (20,034 babies since 1880) and Laine (6,113 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lan, Lain and Layn are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lan (1,087), Lain (511), Layn (123), Lann (15), Layane (10), Laione (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lane in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 25 | #102 | #73 |
| Missouri | 65 | #107 | #140 |
| Iowa | 34 | #116 | #96 |
| Wisconsin | 46 | #133 | #367 |
| Minnesota | 44 | #148 | #252 |
| Kansas | 25 | #156 | #139 |
| West Virginia | 12 | #162 | #183 |
| Montana | 8 | #165 | #92 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | #166 | — |
| Tennessee | 56 | #175 | #339 |
| South Dakota | 8 | #183 | #68 |
| Oklahoma | 27 | #183 | #140 |
| Ohio | 68 | #190 | #196 |
| Delaware | 6 | #193 | — |
| Louisiana | 27 | #196 | #185 |
| Arkansas | 19 | #196 | #191 |
| Kentucky | 29 | #197 | #218 |
| Virginia | 43 | #204 | #396 |
| Michigan | 49 | #206 | #472 |
| North Carolina | 59 | #211 | #288 |
| Maine | 6 | #223 | — |
| Washington | 36 | #226 | #299 |
| Pennsylvania | 53 | #231 | #349 |
| Illinois | 49 | #240 | #307 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #242 | #113 |
| Utah | 21 | #251 | #491 |
| Mississippi | 13 | #252 | #187 |
| Georgia | 48 | #263 | #348 |
| Texas | 151 | #264 | #236 |
| Idaho | 10 | #266 | #231 |
| Colorado | 25 | #266 | #258 |
| Indiana | 30 | #273 | #208 |
| Alabama | 20 | #281 | #320 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #282 | #385 |
| Oregon | 15 | #289 | #178 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #342 | #226 |
| Florida | 54 | #363 | #356 |
| Nevada | 8 | #377 | — |
| Arizona | 18 | #420 | #477 |
| New York | 35 | #475 | #787 |
| Maryland | 10 | #495 | #854 |
| California | 59 | #528 | #803 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #630 | — |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #671 | #675 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,805 | 1,383 | #250 |
| 2024 | 87 | #2,189 | 1,332 | #261 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,976 | 1,374 | #255 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,738 | 1,339 | #261 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,822 | 1,322 | #261 |
| 2020 | 104 | #1,867 | 1,372 | #256 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,982 | 1,407 | #258 |
| 2018 | 85 | #2,201 | 1,212 | #291 |
| 2017 | 78 | #2,348 | 1,178 | #299 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,239 | 1,232 | #294 |
| 2015 | 98 | #2,022 | 1,209 | #297 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,764 | 1,200 | #296 |
| 2013 | 69 | #2,585 | 1,152 | #304 |
| 2012 | 76 | #2,441 | 1,223 | #290 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,473 | 1,294 | #270 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,576 | 1,062 | #303 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,499 | 1,053 | #306 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,764 | 1,053 | #317 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,633 | 1,016 | #316 |
| 2006 | 82 | #2,318 | 986 | #327 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,543 | 1,039 | #317 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,220 | 1,068 | #299 |
| 2003 | 89 | #2,025 | 1,129 | #274 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,835 | 981 | #299 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,315 | 894 | #310 |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,094 | 1,015 | #296 |
| 1999 | 73 | #2,107 | 968 | #297 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,516 | 954 | #296 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,811 | 967 | #289 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,872 | 1,070 | #261 |
| 1995 | 66 | #2,071 | 1,168 | #246 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,736 | 689 | #354 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,911 | 299 | #594 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,209 | 296 | #598 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,374 | 289 | #599 |
| 1990 | 68 | #2,002 | 328 | #558 |
| 1989 | 54 | #2,234 | 239 | #649 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,139 | 248 | #592 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,216 | 210 | #632 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,826 | 219 | #603 |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,090 | 179 | #658 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,557 | 169 | #666 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,594 | 137 | #738 |
| 1982 | 97 | #1,305 | 173 | #663 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,688 | 176 | #640 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,676 | 146 | #727 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,600 | 148 | #704 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,053 | 130 | #744 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,107 | 134 | #739 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,049 | 153 | #664 |
| 1975 | 24 | #3,004 | 147 | #678 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,592 | 155 | #649 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,704 | 134 | #693 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,414 | 151 | #653 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,866 | 194 | #594 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,478 | 232 | #531 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,804 | 244 | #495 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,750 | 215 | #514 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,465 | 218 | #510 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,625 | 216 | #515 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,204 | 225 | #507 |
| 1964 | 28 | #2,329 | 278 | #475 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,821 | 211 | #548 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,929 | 271 | #482 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,222 | 261 | #488 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,338 | 277 | #476 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,083 | 342 | #431 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,751 | 198 | #549 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,972 | 183 | #572 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,911 | 194 | #541 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,928 | 184 | #546 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,814 | 183 | #537 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,576 | 181 | #529 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,665 | 187 | #511 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,349 | 181 | #503 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,745 | 160 | #539 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,382 | 146 | #558 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,883 | 113 | #638 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,885 | 117 | #637 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,949 | 119 | #590 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,913 | 80 | #674 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,344 | 83 | #683 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,770 | 69 | #792 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,358 | 81 | #714 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,787 | 70 | #742 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,247 | 67 | #752 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,169 | 73 | #696 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,392 | 78 | #686 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,051 | 59 | #806 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,778 | 56 | #821 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,999 | 69 | #740 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,641 | 45 | #949 |
| 1933 | — | — | 47 | #916 |
| 1932 | — | — | 55 | #865 |
| 1931 | — | — | 30 | #1,269 |
| 1930 | — | — | 53 | #923 |
| 1929 | — | — | 49 | #969 |
| 1928 | — | — | 38 | #1,154 |
| 1927 | — | — | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1926 | — | — | 44 | #1,055 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,868 | 33 | #1,271 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,230 | 44 | #1,083 |
| 1923 | — | — | 40 | #1,133 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,732 | 45 | #1,050 |
| 1921 | — | — | 41 | #1,115 |
| 1920 | — | — | 24 | #1,573 |
| 1919 | — | — | 26 | #1,431 |
| 1918 | — | — | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1917 | — | — | 28 | #1,312 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,794 | 24 | #1,447 |
| 1915 | — | — | 23 | #1,437 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,467 |
| 1913 | — | — | 13 | #1,548 |
| 1911 | — | — | 10 | #1,163 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,372 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,589 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,071 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,171 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,221 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #994 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,151 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,187 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #899 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #950 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).