Laney

Boy · recorded 1916–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Laney.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1916

05919161939196219842007

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Laney, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19168
19225
19246
19285
19316
19326
19335
19346
19378
19386
19399
19407
19417
19427
19434
19455
19466
19476
19488
19496
19508
19514
19524
19534
19545
19553
19566
19573
19583
19605
19613
19623
19633
19654
19664
19673
19684
19703
19733
19803
19902
19912
19973
20044
20072

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Laney isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
5
Rank in 2007
#12,367
How rare
1 in 415,082 boys
Since 1916
336

Laney was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1939, at 9 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Laney doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.