Laine

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Laine: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,591, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1591highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2411
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2019	#5591

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1591 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Laine appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 58 births with the name.

Laine across 2 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.

Laine'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 · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1591 (1996)	#3688 (2024)	15 of 29	59 (1996–2024)	7 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2411 (1997)	#5591 (2019)	16 of 24	58 (1996–2019)	6 (1997)

Laine 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 Laine in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	29	8 of 10	4
2010s	20	6 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Laine appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1591 in England and Wales in 1996.

Laine'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	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,591, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
7births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Billy-Ray · #1591, 24y
Dempsey · #1591, 29y
Deri · #1591, 25y
Fidel · #1591, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Billy-Ray · #1591, 24y
Dempsey · #1591, 29y
Deri · #1591, 25y
Fidel · #1591, 20y

Laine 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 Laine without appearing here.

Laine moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Dianne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Laine

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Aksel Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #2892.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #4747 and #3373.
Gustav Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2501 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Laine

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Laine went from #1591 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Laine went from #1591 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Laine went from #1591 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Laine went from #1591 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Laine

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Laine went from #1591 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Laine went from #1591 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Laine went from #1591 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Laine went from #1591 to #3688 and Alexander from #14 to #36.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1591 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Laine

Laine at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Laine across 2 official records

Laine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Laine appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Laine and the names beside it

Laine moved ahead of

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Laine at a glance

Laine across 2 official records

Laine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Laine appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Laine and the names beside it

Laine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Laine

Moved the opposite way to Laine

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