Laney

Meaning: To shine, burn, or glow
Origin: Variant of Lainey · Itself a variant of Elaine (from Old French, from Greek)

Girl's name · #674 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,358 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,253 in Canada (2024).

Famous Laneys

Laney Matriano — American soccer player
Laney Rouse — American soccer player (born 2002)
Laney Jones — American musician

What Laneys become

Among 15 notable people named Laney:

Sports figures appear 3.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Laney Matriano, American soccer player.

Spellings & nicknames

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.

Similar names: Lanie · Siena · Lane · Zaniyah · Andie · Macie

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