Lain
Boy · LAYN
Lain is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Lain mean?
Spelling of Lane, or the old Spanish name Laín
Laín Calvo was one of two legendary judges said to have governed early Castile.
- Say it
- LAYN
Is Lain a girl's or a boy's name?
Lain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Lain, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Lain in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,845 boys in the US were given Lain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #216, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Lain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Lain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Kayden Aiden Brayden Declan Finnegan Raiden Ronan Deacon Keegan Kian Lachlan