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Lane

Girl's name · #1805 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

7% girls · 93% boys — About 93% of babies named Lane in recent years have been boys. Lane →

Popularity over time

Lane reached its best rank, #1305, in 1982 and ranked #1805 in 2025. Roughly 4,600 girls have been named Lane since 1916.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,900 in Canada (2023) · #4,634 in England & Wales (2021) · #1,877 in Sweden (2012) · #1,647 in Austria (2002) · #6,601 in Ecuador (1995).

Famous Lanes

• Lane Bradbury — American actress (born 1938)
• Lane Brody — American singer-songwriter (born 1955)
• Lane Shi Otayonii — Chinese musician
• Lane Moore — American comedian
• Lane Lindell — American model (born 1990)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 134,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Diane Lane — American actress (born 1965)
• Nathan Lane — American actor (born 1956)
• Harriet Lane — First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861 (1830–1903)

In stories & tradition

• Lane Kim — Gilmore Girls (TV series)

What Lanes become

Among 121 notable people named Lane:

Entertainers appear 1.92× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lane Brody, American singer-songwriter (born 1955).

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