Lane

What Lane means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lane yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #297 in 2015 to #250 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lane?

US: Rising: up from #297 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,383 boys got the name (#250 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 1,235 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 45,323 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (2.83 per 1,000 boys), IA (2.46 per 1,000 boys), MO (2.34 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Lane is #250 in the US and #3256 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.5% of US babies named Lane were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Layne414 US · 14 E&W
• Laine33 US · 5 E&W
• Lynn15 US
• Lain15 US
• Loan14 US
• Len8 US
• Lan8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lane

Boys

• Bridger#701From the word “bridge”^*
• Kyler#404“archer”^*
• Jax#342Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Finnegan#526“descendant of Fionnagán”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Kennedy#85“head + ugly”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Raegan#505Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 9 babies
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Maddison#438Editor’s note Down from #310 in 2015 to #438 in 2025 in the US
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lane’s. Rank is US 2025.