Laney
Girl · LAY-nee · Greek
Laney is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 673rd for girls in the US (421 babies).
What does Laney mean?
Greek: pet form of Elaine, or short for Delaney
A pet form of Elaine, an Old French form of Helen, and sometimes a short form of Delaney.
- Say it
- LAY-nee
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Is Laney a girl's or a boy's name?
Laney is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 421 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laney in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Laney, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Laney in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 395 girls in the UK were given Laney 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 2,276th in England and Wales.
Laney in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Laney in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #673among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 421about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 421 girls in the US were named Laney, making it the 673rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 650th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 640 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Laney in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,966 girls in the US were given Laney or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #673 for this spelling alone.
Laney in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 421 | #673 |
| 2024 | 411 | #689 |
| 2023 | 447 | #658 |
| 2022 | 419 | #704 |
| 2021 | 458 | #652 |
| 2020 | 444 | #650 |
| 2019 | 415 | #697 |
| 2018 | 388 | #730 |
| 2017 | 439 | #669 |
| 2016 | 370 | #768 |
| 2015 | 445 | #641 |
| 2014 | 449 | #637 |
| 2013 | 418 | #678 |
| 2012 | 454 | #629 |
| 2011 | 557 | #522 |
| 2010 | 540 | #545 |
| 2009 | 561 | #537 |
| 2008 | 543 | #567 |
| 2007 | 588 | #532 |
| 2006 | 640 | #486 |
| 2005 | 635 | #481 |
| 2004 | 527 | #543 |
| 2003 | 495 | #558 |
| 2002 | 407 | #627 |
| 2001 | 408 | #614 |
| 2000 | 332 | #703 |
| 1999 | 186 | #1,075 |
| 1998 | 99 | #1,634 |
| 1997 | 104 | #1,550 |
| 1996 | 96 | #1,607 |
| 1995 | 88 | #1,665 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,683 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 88 | #1,700 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,650 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,666 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,985 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 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 | 5 | #920 |
Names like Laney
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Laney
Lainey Leni Laynie Lainie Lanie Lainee Laynee Layni Layney Laini Lainy
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