Lane Name Popularity

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How popular is Lane?

Ranking 290th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Lane is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 500, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

Position 246, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1995.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 2011 with 1,294 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Lane was less than 5, most recently in 1912.

Approximately during the years 1912-1915, 1918-1921, 1931-1935, 1943-1951, 1956-1959, 1983-1986, 1987-1990, 1991-1995, and 2008-2011 the name Lane took a definitive turn upwards in popularity.

Currently, the name is at a very high point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Lane be?

The popularity trend for Lane has been moving upward for a while. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Lane for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Lane is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Lane (Girl)		Lane (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		84	2,205	1,205	290
2017		78	2,344	1,178	298
2016		86	2,233	1,229	294
2015		98	2,018	1,207	296
2014		63	2,759	1,197	295
2013		69	2,579	1,152	304
2012		76	2,436	1,223	289
2011		74	2,471	1,294	269
2010		71	2,575	1,061	303
2009		76	2,499	1,052	306
2008		66	2,761	1,051	318
2007		70	2,631	1,016	316
2006		82	2,317	985	327
2005		68	2,543	1,039	316
2004		80	2,217	1,068	299
2003		89	2,022	1,129	274
2002		98	1,835	981	299
2001		69	2,314	894	310
2000		78	2,094	1,015	296
1999		73	2,105	968	297
1998		55	2,513	954	296
1997		83	1,811	967	289
1996		78	1,872	1,070	261
1995		66	2,070	1,168	246
1994		85	1,736	689	354
1993		74	1,911	299	594
1992		61	2,205	296	598
1991		54	2,374	289	599
1990		68	2,001	328	558
1989		53	2,262	239	649
1988		54	2,136	248	592
1987		48	2,252	210	632
1986		64	1,795	219	603
1985		51	2,090	178	659
1984		73	1,557	169	666
1983		70	1,593	137	737
1982		97	1,305	173	664
1981		68	1,688	177	640
1980		35	2,675	147	722
1979		35	2,600	148	705
1978		26	3,051	130	743
1977		10	6,108	134	740
1976		24	3,049	154	663
1975		24	3,003	146	685
1974		12	4,869	155	648
1973		12	4,702	134	693
1972		13	4,414	151	653
1971		16	3,863	194	595
1970		30	2,477	232	531
1969		23	2,802	244	495
1968		21	2,822	215	515
1967		25	2,465	218	510
1966		22	2,625	216	515
1965		16	3,204	225	508
1964		28	2,329	279	475
1963		20	2,823	210	549
1962		36	1,929	271	482
1961		29	2,219	262	487
1960		26	2,338	275	478
1959		30	2,086	342	431
1958		39	1,751	199	547
1957		31	1,969	182	574
1956		32	1,911	194	541
1955		31	1,927	184	546
1954		33	1,814	183	537
1953		39	1,576	181	529
1952		35	1,663	186	512
1951		48	1,349	181	502
1950		30	1,746	160	539
1949		45	1,382	146	557
1948		26	1,883	113	638
1947		27	1,886	117	638
1946		23	1,949	119	589
1945		20	1,913	80	674
1944		15	2,344	83	683
1943		24	1,770	69	792
1942		15	2,356	81	713
1941		7	3,786	70	743
1940		14	2,248	67	753
1939		15	2,169	73	696
1938		13	2,392	78	687
1937		6	4,051	59	806
1936		10	2,776	56	821
1935		6	3,998	69	741
1934		7	3,640	45	948
1933		< 5	--	47	916
1932		< 5	--	55	865
1931		< 5	--	30	1,269
1930		< 5	--	53	924
1929		< 5	--	49	969
1928		< 5	--	38	1,153
1927		< 5	--	30	1,360
1926		< 5	--	44	1,055
1925		8	3,868	33	1,271
1924		7	4,230	44	1,083
1923		< 5	--	40	1,133
1922		6	4,733	45	1,050
1921		< 5	--	41	1,115
1920		< 5	--	24	1,573
1919		< 5	--	26	1,430
1918		< 5	--	28	1,363
1917		< 5	--	28	1,312
1916		5	4,795	24	1,447
1915		< 5	--	23	1,437
1914		< 5	--	18	1,467
1913		< 5	--	13	1,548
1912		< 5	--	< 5	--
1911		< 5	--	10	1,163
1910		< 5	--	7	1,372
1909		< 5	--	5	1,589
1908		< 5	--	8	1,071
1907		< 5	--	< 5	--
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		< 5	--	6	1,171
1904		< 5	--	< 5	--
1903		< 5	--	5	1,221
1902		< 5	--	< 5	--
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	6	994
1898		< 5	--	< 5	--
1897		< 5	--	5	1,151
1896		< 5	--	5	1,187
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	< 5	--
1893		< 5	--	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	6	899
1881		< 5	--	5	951
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.