Feminine dossier · first seen 1883

Laney

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Laney
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

640

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1883Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

35.8%

2024

411

All-time

13,599

Laney has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 640 girls were named Laney.

In 2024, only 411 girls were given the name.

Down 35.8% from its peak.

All told, about 13,599 Americans have been named Laney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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