How popular is the name Laney?

Laney ranks 1,180th among girls' names in US records, with 13,935 births since 1883. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,232.

Is Laney a unisex name?

No. Laney is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2006, when 640 children were given the name. It has been in use for 142 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,180 of girl names

Pronounced L EY1 N IY0 (ARPABET)

Laney is a girls' name, and first appears in 1883. It has been given to 13,935 children — the 1,180th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 21% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2006, when 640 children were given it.

2006Girls: 640Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Laney?: Laney ranks 1,180th among girls' names in US records, with 13,935 births since 1883. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,232.
Is Laney a unisex name?: No. Laney is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Laney most popular?: 2006, when 640 children were given the name. It has been in use for 142 years and is still recorded as of 2024.