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“Dweller by a lane; also an anglicized Irish surname” — English, or anglicized Irish origin
Girl's name · #1805 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Lane reached its best rank, #1305, in 1982 and ranked #1805 in 2025. Roughly 4,600 girls have been named Lane since 1916. It is also an American family name — about 134,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census. About 93% of babies named Lane in recent years have been boys.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 121 notable people named Lane:
Entertainers appear 1.92× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lane Brody, American singer-songwriter.
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