Lainy
Girl · LAY-nee · Greek
Lainy is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Lainy mean?
Greek: spelling of Lainie; 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
Meaning borrowed from Lainie.
Is Lainy a girl's or a boy's name?
Lainy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lainy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Lainy, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more girls named Lainy than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Lainy in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,966 girls in the US were given Lainy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Lainy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
Names like Lainy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa Kailani Kaylani Kalani Ailany Alani Nalani Meilani Khloe Kehlani Malani Milani
Other spellings of Lainy
Lainey Laney Leni Laynie Lainee Laynee Lanie Lainie Layni Layney Laini
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