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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Laney” in the USA?

Number of people named “Laney” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Laney” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Laney” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Laney” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Laney” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Laney” by birth year

This chart shows how “Laney” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 100%
1916 15 0.000007754 8 7 7%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 100%
1922 13 0.000005679 8 5 23%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 13 0.000005458 6 7 -8%
1925 11 0.000004714 11 100%
1928 15 0.000006634 10 5 33%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 7 6 8%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 6 7 -8%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 17 0.000007383 9 8 6%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1946 18 0.000005633 8 10 -11%
1947 20 0.000005552 9 11 -10%
1948 20 0.000005793 6 14 -40%
1949 23 0.0000066 13 10 13%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 20 0.000005429 12 8 20%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1953 14 0.000003633 7 7 0%
1954 18 0.000004522 8 10 -11%
1955 11 0.00000274 5 6 -9%
1956 18 0.000004366 6 12 -33%
1957 12 0.000002856 5 7 -17%
1958 14 0.000003387 7 7 0%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 100%
1960 16 0.000003852 6 10 -25%
1961 15 0.000003621 9 6 20%
1962 15 0.000003717 8 7 7%
1963 13 0.000003284 6 7 -8%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 100%
1965 18 0.000004965 10 8 11%
1966 12 0.000003453 5 7 -17%
1967 14 0.000004124 9 5 29%
1968 19 0.000005624 12 7 26%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 100%
1970 15 0.000004159 9 6 20%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 100%
1973 20 0.000006629 15 5 50%
1974 13 0.000004276 13 100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 100%
1978 27 0.000008507 27 100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 100%
1980 33 0.00000958 27 6 64%
1981 53 0.000015321 53 100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 100%
1989 40 0.000010405 40 100%
1990 93 0.00002353 88 5 89%
1991 95 0.000024389 90 5 89%
1992 88 0.000022909 88 100%
1993 67 0.000017771 67 100%
1994 88 0.000023671 88 100%
1995 88 0.00002403 88 100%
1996 96 0.000026322 96 100%
1997 109 0.000030063 104 5 91%
1998 99 0.000026915 99 100%
1999 186 0.000050354 186 100%
2000 332 0.000087833 332 100%
2001 408 0.000108992 408 100%
2002 407 0.000108873 407 100%
2003 495 0.000130184 495 100%
2004 534 0.000139757 527 7 97%
2005 635 0.000165156 635 100%
2006 640 0.000161772 640 100%
2007 593 0.000148336 588 5 98%
2008 543 0.000138145 543 100%
2009 561 0.000146852 561 100%
2010 540 0.000146114 540 100%
2011 557 0.000152278 557 100%
2012 454 0.000124133 454 100%
2013 418 0.000114657 418 100%
2014 449 0.000121143 449 100%
2015 445 0.000120241 445 100%
2016 370 0.000100853 370 100%
2017 439 0.000122756 439 100%
2018 388 0.000110356 388 100%
2019 415 0.000119564 415 100%
2020 443 0.000132612 443 100%
2021 458 0.000135185 458 100%
2022 418 0.000123554 418 100%
2023 445 0.000134393 445 100%
2024 411 0.000123479 411 100%

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