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Lane

Boy's name · #250 in the US (2025) · Trending

93% boys · 7% girls — Lane is also given to girls: 112 in 2025, about 1 in 14 in recent years. Lane →

Popularity over time

Lane is climbing: on the charts since 1881, it is ranked #250 in 2025, with about 1,400 boys given the name last year. Roughly 48,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Lane ran 3–4× its national rate in Montana, South Dakota and Iowa.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Lane ranks in other countries and regions.

#481 in Canada (2024).

Famous Lanes

• Lane Garrison — American actor
• Lane Smith — American actor (1936–2005)
• Lane Chandler — American actor (1899–1972)
• Lane Davies — American actor
• Lane Evans — American congressman, attorney, Marine (1951–2014)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 134,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Diane Lane — American actress
• Nathan Lane — American actor
• Harriet Lane — First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861

In stories & tradition

• Lane Pryce — Mad Men (TV series)

What Lanes become

Among 121 notable people named Lane:

Entertainers appear 1.92× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lane Garrison, American actor.

Similar names: Dallas · Lance · Zane · Griffin · Kane · Reece

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