Lane
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- LAYN
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #250 for boys
Lane is a name of English origin, meaning “narrow road”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 250th for boys in the US (1,383 babies).
What does Lane mean?
English: English surname
“narrow road”
From an English surname for someone who lived beside a lane or narrow path.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lane a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lane has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 112 girls and 1,383 boys in the US.
How popular is Lane in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Lane, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lane in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2023. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were given Lane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #997, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Lane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Lane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #250among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,383about 1 in 1,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,383 boys in the US were named Lane, making it the 250th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 256th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,407 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881. 112 girls were also named Lane in 2025 (1,796th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Lane than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Lane in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,845 boys in the US were given Lane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #216, up from #250 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 7% of the babies named Lane in the US were girls.
Lane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,383 | #250 |
| 2024 | 1,332 | #261 |
| 2023 | 1,374 | #254 |
| 2022 | 1,339 | #261 |
| 2021 | 1,322 | #261 |
| 2020 | 1,372 | #256 |
| 2019 | 1,407 | #258 |
| 2018 | 1,212 | #291 |
| 2017 | 1,178 | #299 |
| 2016 | 1,232 | #294 |
| 2015 | 1,209 | #297 |
| 2014 | 1,200 | #296 |
| 2013 | 1,152 | #304 |
| 2012 | 1,223 | #289 |
| 2011 | 1,294 | #270 |
| 2010 | 1,062 | #303 |
| 2009 | 1,053 | #306 |
| 2008 | 1,053 | #317 |
| 2007 | 1,016 | #316 |
| 2006 | 986 | #327 |
| 2005 | 1,039 | #317 |
| 2004 | 1,068 | #299 |
| 2003 | 1,129 | #274 |
| 2002 | 981 | #299 |
| 2001 | 894 | #310 |
| 2000 | 1,015 | #296 |
| 1999 | 968 | #297 |
| 1998 | 954 | #296 |
| 1997 | 967 | #288 |
| 1996 | 1,070 | #261 |
| 1995 | 1,168 | #246 |
| 1994 | 689 | #353 |
| 1993 | 299 | #592 |
| 1992 | 296 | #596 |
| 1991 | 289 | #597 |
| 1990 | 328 | #556 |
| 1989 | 239 | #645 |
| 1988 | 248 | #591 |
| 1987 | 210 | #632 |
| 1986 | 219 | #602 |
| 1985 | 179 | #656 |
| 1984 | 169 | #665 |
| 1983 | 137 | #738 |
| 1982 | 173 | #663 |
| 1981 | 176 | #640 |
| 1980 | 146 | #725 |
| 1979 | 148 | #702 |
| 1978 | 130 | #741 |
| 1977 | 134 | #739 |
| 1976 | 153 | #663 |
| 1975 | 147 | #678 |
| 1974 | 155 | #647 |
| 1973 | 134 | #689 |
| 1972 | 151 | #651 |
| 1971 | 194 | #592 |
| 1970 | 232 | #530 |
| 1969 | 244 | #494 |
| 1968 | 215 | #514 |
| 1967 | 218 | #509 |
| 1966 | 216 | #515 |
| 1965 | 225 | #507 |
| 1964 | 278 | #475 |
| 1963 | 211 | #548 |
| 1962 | 271 | #482 |
| 1961 | 261 | #487 |
| 1960 | 277 | #476 |
| 1959 | 342 | #431 |
| 1958 | 198 | #546 |
| 1957 | 183 | #570 |
| 1956 | 194 | #538 |
| 1955 | 184 | #545 |
| 1954 | 183 | #536 |
| 1953 | 181 | #527 |
| 1952 | 187 | #509 |
| 1951 | 181 | #501 |
| 1950 | 160 | #536 |
| 1949 | 146 | #554 |
| 1948 | 113 | #635 |
| 1947 | 117 | #637 |
| 1946 | 119 | #589 |
| 1945 | 80 | #671 |
| 1944 | 83 | #679 |
| 1943 | 69 | #787 |
| 1942 | 81 | #713 |
| 1941 | 70 | #739 |
| 1940 | 67 | #751 |
| 1939 | 73 | #695 |
| 1938 | 78 | #683 |
| 1937 | 59 | #803 |
| 1936 | 56 | #816 |
| 1935 | 69 | #739 |
| 1934 | 45 | #942 |
| 1933 | 47 | #905 |
| 1932 | 55 | #862 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1930 | 53 | #915 |
| 1929 | 49 | #960 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,350 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,050 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,101 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,407 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,342 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,415 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Lane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Blake Cole Jude Luke Tate Sonny Myles Frankie Grayson Hunter Rafe Ace
Other spellings of Lane
Names related to Lane
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lane, updated 20 October 2026.