girls:
3.8k births since 1934
#2808 (51st percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1951
#2830 (38th percentile)
overall:
5.8k births since 1934
#3583 (54th percentile)
The name Laine is the #3,583 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,751 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 53.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,808 (50.9% percentile) for all time with 3,779 births since 1934. For boys, it ranks #2,830 (38.3% percentile) for all time with 1,972 births since 1951.
Laine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (1934 for girls and 1951 for boys). Birth data for Laine is available in 78 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023 (78 years for girls and 73 years for boys). 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 Laine has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (65.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 64.3% of babies named Laine were girls.
For girls, Laine reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 15.5% percentile (ranked #810) with 85 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 85 births per million (ranked 15.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Laine ranks #835 for girls (11.8% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 78.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Laine reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 15.5% percentile (ranked #775) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 76 births per million (ranked 15.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Laine ranks #851 for boys (6.6% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 46.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laine".
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