Lainie
Girl · LAY-nee · Greek
Lainie is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
What does Lainie mean?
Greek: pet form of Elaine, an Old French form of Helen
A pet form of Elaine, the Old French form of Helen used in the Arthurian legends.
- Say it
- LAY-nee
Is Lainie a girl's or a boy's name?
Lainie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lainie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Lainie, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 18 girls.
2025 had more girls named Lainie than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Lainie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 395 girls in the UK were given Lainie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #160, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Lainie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
How popular is Lainie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,100among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Lainie, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 91 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Lainie than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Lainie in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,966 girls in the US were given Lainie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #3,100 for this spelling alone.
Lainie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,783 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,923 |
| 2003 | 74 | #2,279 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,411 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,820 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,356 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 91 | #1,224 |
| 1969 | 73 | #1,325 |
| 1968 | 68 | #1,347 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,881 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,667 |
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Other spellings of Lainie
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