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“Variant of Lainey — itself a variant of Elaine, to shine, burn, or glow” — Old French, from Greek (via Elaine, via Lainey) origin
Girl's name · #674 in the US (2025) · Trending
Laney is climbing: on the charts since 1883, it is ranked #674 in 2025, with about 420 girls given the name last year. Roughly 14,000 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Lanie (#2227), Laney would rank around #584 with about 500 births last year — the newborns split about 84/16 between Laney and Lanie.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 15 notable people named Laney:
Sports figures appear 3.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Laney Matriano, American soccer player.
Similar names: Lanie · Siena · Lane · Zaniyah · Andi · Macie
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