Lainie
Lainie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197091 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1966
- 1,915people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,915 girls have been named Lainie in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 91 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 25%.
By decade
In 1970, its biggest year
Lainie was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Lainie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Angeliquepeak 1970
- Caterinapeak 2014
- Joelypeak 1969
- Malaikapeak 2006
- Sammipeak 1974
- Ranipeak 1971
- Melenapeak 2001
- Diapeak 2015
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.