Is Laney a boy or girl name?
Laney is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 411 girls and 0 boys were named Laney, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 97.6% of the 13,935 US babies named Laney were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #689
- Babies named Laney since 1883
- 13,935
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 640 babies
Boys and girls named Laney, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 10 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 16 | 100% |
| 1910s | 7 | 52 | 88.1% |
| 1920s | 17 | 61 | 78.2% |
| 1930s | 48 | 20 | 29.4% |
| 1940s | 83 | 56 | 40.3% |
| 1950s | 80 | 64 | 44.4% |
| 1960s | 57 | 87 | 60.4% |
| 1970s | 11 | 151 | 93.2% |
| 1980s | 6 | 297 | 98% |
| 1990s | 15 | 994 | 98.5% |
| 2000s | 12 | 5,136 | 99.8% |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,475 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 2,175 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 411 | #689 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 445 | #660 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 418 | #705 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 458 | #652 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 443 | #650 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 415 | #697 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 388 | #730 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 439 | #669 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 370 | #771 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 445 | #643 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 449 | #637 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 418 | #678 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 454 | #630 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 557 | #522 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 540 | #545 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 561 | #537 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 543 | #569 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,563 | 588 | #532 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 640 | #486 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 635 | #482 |
| 2004 | 7 | #9,531 | 527 | #544 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 495 | #559 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 407 | #628 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 408 | #617 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 332 | #704 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 186 | #1,080 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,643 |
| 1997 | 5 | #10,164 | 104 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 96 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 88 | #1,677 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 88 | #1,699 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,057 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 88 | #1,709 |
| 1991 | 5 | #9,009 | 90 | #1,666 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,921 | 88 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 40 | #2,790 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 25 | #3,758 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 26 | #3,478 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 26 | #3,410 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 27 | #3,287 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 25 | #3,379 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 22 | #3,623 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 26 | #3,302 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,998 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,939 | 27 | #3,167 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 21 | #3,719 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 27 | #2,988 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 14 | #4,790 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 15 | #4,249 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 10 | #5,757 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 13 | #4,593 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,532 | 15 | #4,068 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 13 | #4,415 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 14 | #4,213 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,514 | 9 | #5,611 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,389 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,535 | 12 | #4,114 |
| 1967 | 5 | #4,294 | 9 | #4,802 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,405 | 5 | #7,106 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,127 | 10 | #4,353 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,302 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,509 | 6 | #6,230 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,492 | 8 | #5,098 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,869 | 9 | #4,711 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,783 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 14 | #3,344 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,441 | 7 | #5,157 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,421 | 5 | #6,592 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,439 | 6 | #5,632 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,713 | 5 | #6,300 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,669 | 8 | #4,470 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,279 | 7 | #4,811 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,986 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,959 | 12 | #3,203 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,978 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,532 | 13 | #2,924 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,071 | 6 | #4,957 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,442 | 9 | #3,878 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,484 | 8 | #3,832 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,881 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 11 | #2,854 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,814 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,616 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,570 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,773 | 9 | #3,092 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,366 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,034 | 6 | #4,092 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,790 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 7 | #3,555 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,500 | 7 | #3,642 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,932 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,585 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,598 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,951 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,462 | 10 | #3,055 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,040 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,686 | 6 | #4,763 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,691 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,666 | 8 | #3,842 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 7 | #4,243 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 8 | #3,796 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 8 | #3,639 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 12 | #2,752 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 5 | #4,956 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,357 | 8 | #3,419 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 8 | #3,286 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 5 | #3,920 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 6 | #2,287 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 5 | #2,379 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,974 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 5 | #2,077 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,827 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,717 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 5 | #982 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Laney reached #1,978 in 1950. As a girl name, it reached #482 in 2005. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Laney
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.