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Girl's name · #30 in the US (2025) · Trending
Lainey is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1968, it stood at #30 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 28,000 girls have been named Lainey along the way.
US use of Lainey had been rising since the mid-2010s, then more than doubled in 2023—the year after country singer Lainey Wilson won Female Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.
In recent years, Lainey ran 3–4× its national rate in South Dakota and Montana—ranked #1 in South Dakota in 2025.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#22 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #53 in Canada (2025) · #56 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #69 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #87 in N. Ireland (2025) · #103 in New Zealand (2025) · #216 in England & Wales (2025) · #256 in Scotland (2025) · #304 in Ireland (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #2,587 in Ecuador (2025).
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