Recorded 1934–2025 · United States
Laine was most popular in 2019, when 249 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,896 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,368, with 180 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,113 people named Laine.
Laine first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1934, which makes it about 91 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 80 of the 92 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,113 American births named Laine between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,909 are estimated to be alive today.
180 American babies were named Laine in 2025, ranking #2,368 that year.
Laine is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 193 births a year, against 111 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +74% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Laine is a unisex name — 66.3% of the 6,113 Americans given it were girls and 33.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2020 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 64% girls and 36% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,909 Americans named Laine are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 8 and 35.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org