girls:
27 births since 2004
#5689 (0th percentile)
boys:
458 births since 1973
#4128 (10th percentile)
overall:
485 births since 1973
#7254 (6th percentile)
The name Lain is the #7,254 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 485 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,128 (9.9% percentile) for all time with 458 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,689 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 2004.
Lain first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 2004 for girls). Birth data for Lain is available in 34 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lain has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 53.3% of babies named Lain were boys.
For boys, Lain reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #861) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lain ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 35.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lain reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #934) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Lain is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #945 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lain".
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