Laney is an established variant of Lana that peaked in 2006 and remains in steady use.
Laney is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #674 for girl births in the United States (and #1,328 across all names), given to 421 babies. Laney was first reported in SSA data in 1883 and peaked in 2006 (640 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 421 | 421 | #674 | — |
| 2024 | 411 | 411 | #689 | — |
| 2023 | 447 | 447 | #658 | — |
| 2022 | 419 | 419 | #705 | — |
| 2021 | 458 | 458 | #652 | — |
| 2020 | 444 | 444 | #650 | — |
| 2019 | 415 | 415 | #698 | — |
| 2018 | 388 | 388 | #730 | — |
| 2017 | 439 | 439 | #669 | — |
| 2016 | 370 | 370 | #771 | — |
| 2015 | 445 | 445 | #643 | — |
| 2014 | 449 | 449 | #637 | — |
| 2013 | 418 | 418 | #678 | — |
| 2012 | 454 | 454 | #630 | — |
| 2011 | 557 | 557 | #522 | — |
| 2010 | 540 | 540 | #545 | — |
| 2009 | 561 | 561 | #537 | — |
| 2008 | 543 | 543 | #569 | — |
| 2007 | 593 | 593 | #532 | #13,564 |
| 2006 | 640 | 640 | #486 | — |
| 2005 | 635 | 635 | #482 | — |
| 2004 | 534 | 534 | #544 | #9,531 |
| 2003 | 495 | 495 | #559 | — |
| 2002 | 407 | 407 | #628 | — |
| 2001 | 408 | 408 | #617 | — |
| 2000 | 332 | 332 | #704 | — |
| 1999 | 186 | 186 | #1,080 | — |
| 1998 | 99 | 99 | #1,643 | — |
| 1997 | 109 | — | #1,559 | #10,164 |
| 1996 | 96 | — | #1,614 | — |
| 1995 | 88 | — | #1,677 | — |
| 1994 | 88 | — | #1,699 | — |
| 1993 | 67 | — | #2,057 | — |
| 1992 | 88 | — | #1,709 | — |
| 1991 | 95 | — | #1,666 | #9,009 |
| 1990 | 93 | — | #1,680 | #8,923 |
| 1989 | 40 | — | #2,790 | — |
| 1988 | 25 | — | #3,758 | — |
| 1987 | 26 | — | #3,476 | — |
| 1986 | 26 | — | #3,410 | — |
| 1985 | 27 | — | #3,288 | — |
| 1984 | 25 | — | #3,377 | — |
| 1983 | 22 | — | #3,624 | — |
| 1982 | 26 | — | #3,302 | — |
| 1981 | 53 | — | #1,998 | — |
| 1980 | 33 | — | #3,166 | #5,939 |
| 1979 | 21 | — | #3,719 | — |
| 1978 | 27 | — | #2,987 | — |
| 1977 | 14 | — | #4,790 | — |
| 1976 | 15 | — | #4,251 | — |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #5,757 | — |
| 1974 | 13 | — | #4,593 | — |
| 1973 | 20 | — | #4,068 | #5,532 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | #4,415 | — |
| 1971 | 14 | — | #4,214 | — |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #5,611 | #4,514 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | #3,390 | — |
| 1968 | 19 | — | #4,114 | #3,535 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #4,802 | #4,293 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | #7,106 | #3,405 |
| 1965 | 18 | — | #4,352 | #3,128 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #7,302 | — |
| 1963 | 13 | — | #6,230 | #3,510 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | #5,099 | #3,491 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | #4,711 | #3,868 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | #6,042 | #2,783 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | #3,343 | — |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #5,158 | #3,441 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #6,592 | #3,421 |
| 1956 | 18 | — | #5,632 | #2,438 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #6,300 | #3,713 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | #4,471 | #2,669 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #4,810 | #3,279 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | — | #2,986 |
| 1951 | 20 | — | #3,203 | #2,959 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | — | #1,978 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | #2,924 | #2,532 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | #4,957 | #2,071 |
| 1947 | 20 | — | #3,878 | #2,442 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | #3,832 | #2,484 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | — | #2,881 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #2,854 | — |
| 1943 | 5 | — | — | #3,814 |
| 1942 | 9 | — | — | #2,616 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | — | #2,570 |
| 1940 | 17 | — | #3,092 | #2,773 |
| 1939 | 10 | — | — | #2,366 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #4,092 | #3,034 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | — | #2,791 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,555 | — |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #3,642 | #3,500 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | — | #3,932 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | — | #3,585 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | — | #3,598 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,951 | — |
| 1928 | 15 | — | #3,056 | #4,462 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #3,040 | — |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #4,763 | #3,686 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,691 | — |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #3,842 | #4,666 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,243 | — |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,796 | — |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,639 | — |
| 1918 | 12 | — | #2,752 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,956 | — |
| 1916 | 15 | — | #3,419 | #3,357 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #3,286 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,920 | — |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,287 | — |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,379 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,974 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #2,077 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,827 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,717 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #982 | — |