Lainee
Girl · LAY-nee · Greek
Lainee is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,611th for girls in the US (129 babies).
What does Lainee mean?
Greek: spelling of Lainey, a pet form of Elaine
A spelling of Lainey, a pet form of Elaine, which is an Old French form of Helen.
- Say it
- LAY-nee
Is Lainee a girl's or a boy's name?
Lainee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 129 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lainee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 girls.
Lainee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
How popular is Lainee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,611among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 129 girls in the US were named Lainee, making it the 1,611th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had the most girls named Lainee of any year since it first appeared, in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Lainee in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,966 girls in the US were given Lainee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #1,611 for this spelling alone.
Lainee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,611 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,736 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,937 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,468 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,176 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Lainee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Lainee
Lainey Laney Leni Laynie Laynee Lanie Lainie Layni Layney Laini Lainy
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