Lainey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lainey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lainey: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #56, reached in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#56highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#3142
2000	#1688
2001	#2226
2002	#1658
2003	#1722
2004	#1252
2005	#1012
2006	#1153
2007	#1102
2008	#1391
2009	#821
2010	#773
2011	#789
2012	#789
2013	#839
2014	#859
2015	#1139
2016	#1057
2017	#701
2018	#767
2019	#651
2020	#683
2021	#709
2022	#762
2023	#528
2024	#325

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #56 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2024–2025
Highest recorded position: #56 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025 (recorded 2024–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #56 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Lainey appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,032 births with the name.

Lainey across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lainey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#325 (2024)	#325 (2024)	28 of 29	1,032 (1996–2024)	133 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#498 (1998)	#304 (2025)	#304 (2025)	25 of 28	141 (1998–2025)	13 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#413 (2007)	#144 (2024)	#144 (2024)	9 of 18	49 (2007–2024)	14 (2024)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#97 (2024)	#56 (2025)	#56 (2025)	2 of 2	192 (2024–2025)	119 (2025)

Lainey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lainey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	193	10 of 10	19
2010s	463	10 of 10	46
2020sbusiest	362	5 of 10	72

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 72 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 59, from 74 to 133.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lainey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #56 in New South Wales, Australia in 2025.

Lainey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#325	133	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#528	74	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#762	48	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#709	53	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#651	60	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#767	50	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#701	58	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1057	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1139	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#859	44	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#839	45	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#789	49	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#789	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#773	47	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#821	42	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1102	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1012	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#144	14	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#196	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #56, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 133 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lainie · #1731, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Ezekiel · #54, 30y
Nova · #59, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ebony · #56, 32y
Ruairidh · #56, 24y
Abby · #55, 33y
Aoibhe · #55, 31y

Lainey was ranked #56 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lainey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lainey without appearing here.

Lainey moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1658 and #4137.
Ellinor Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2411 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3912.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3142 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3912.
Lynette Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3142 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Lainey

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #789 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #789 and #284.
Violet Compare
In 2013 they stood at #424 and #491 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #876 and #458.
Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #512 and #620 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #287.
Mila Compare
In 2007 they stood at #705 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #597.

Moved the opposite way to Lainey

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lainey went from #3126 to #325 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lainey went from #3126 to #325 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lainey went from #3126 to #325 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lainey went from #3126 to #325 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lainey

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lainey went from #3126 to #325 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lainey went from #3126 to #325 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lainey went from #3126 to #325 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lainey went from #3126 to #325 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #56 in New South Wales, Australia in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lainey

Lainey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lainey across 4 official records

Lainey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lainey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lainey moved ahead of

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Lainey at a glance

Lainey across 4 official records

Lainey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lainey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lainey

Lainey and the names beside it

Lainey moved ahead of

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