Laynee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAY-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,692 for girls
Laynee is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,692nd for girls in the US (121 babies).
What does Laynee 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.
Is Laynee a girl's or a boy's name?
Laynee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 121 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laynee 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.
Laynee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Laynee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,692nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 121 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 121 girls in the US were named Laynee, making it the 1,692nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,808th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 141 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Laynee in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,966 girls in the US were given Laynee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #1,692 for this spelling alone.
Laynee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #1,692 |
| 2024 | 141 | #1,524 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 109 | #1,808 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,331 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,866 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,685 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,660 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 79 | #2,424 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,923 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Laynee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lainey, Lyra, Eden, Aoife, Maisie, Caoimhe, Maeve, Orla, Eilidh, Fiadh, Keira, Sienna
Other spellings of Laynee
Lainey, Laney, Leni, Laynie, Lainee, Lanie, Lainie, Layni, Layney, Laini, Lainy
Names related to Laynee
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Laynee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laynee, updated 20 October 2026.