Lane
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Lane
Lane is a recent hit name, that could be used for either gender, but is much more popular for boys. It's a surname that projects the pleasant picture of narrow, tree-lined country roads.
Lane for boys#250 US
Holding steady between Number 200 and 300 in the US Top 1000 for more than a quarter century, Lane might be considered a modern classic for boys.
Metallica's Lars Ulrich used the Layne spelling for his son.
Lane for girls#1805 US
Lane is a unisex name equally accessible to boys and girls. Breezy, cool and contemporary, it might equally put in mind country lanes and banks of wildflowers.
As a word name, Lane means "small roadway or path", however, it could easily be used as a nickname or diminutive of Delaney, ("dark river"), Elaine ("shining torch"), or similar. Currently as a given name, it is used nearly 14 times more often on boys than it is on girls, however, the Layne spelling is used more evenly, the Laine form leans feminine, and Lainey is a Top 1000 choice for girls.
As a common surname, Lane is attached to such celebrities as Diane and Nathan, while as a given name, it it used in the English translated version of the novel Concerning My Daughter by Hye-Jin Kim.
Pronounced LANE.
As of October 2026, Lane ranked #250 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #246 in 1995, Nameberry popularity #550.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #296 | 1,200 | #2,764 | 63 |
| 2015 | #297 | 1,209 | #2,022 | 98 |
| 2016 | #294 | 1,231 | #2,239 | 86 |
| 2017 | #299 | 1,178 | #2,348 | 78 |
| 2018 | #291 | 1,212 | #2,199 | 85 |
| 2019 | #258 | 1,406 | #1,981 | 98 |
| 2020 | #256 | 1,370 | #1,866 | 104 |
| 2021 | #261 | 1,320 | #1,822 | 111 |
| 2022 | #261 | 1,338 | #1,736 | 120 |
| 2023 | #254 | 1,373 | #1,973 | 100 |
| 2024 | #261 | 1,331 | #2,177 | 87 |
| 2025 | #250 | 1,383 | #1,805 | 112 |
World rankings
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Famous Lanes
- Lane Edward GarrisonBoy
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- Lane Chandler (born Robert Chandler Oakes)Boy
American actor
- Lane Clyde FrostBoy
American rodeo bull rider
- Lane CarlsonBoy
American male model; twin brother Kyle Carlson
- Lane Allen EvansBoy
U.S. Congressman from Illinois
- Lane Monte KiffinBoy
American NFL and college football coach
- (Joseph) Lane KirklandBoy
American labor union leader
- (Walter) Lane SmithBoy
American actor
- Lane DaviesBoy
American actor
- Nathan LaneBoy
American actor
- Lane SmithBoy
American illustrator
- Lane MerrifieldBoy
CEO and Founder of Club Penguin, Investor on Dragon's Den
- Lane Brody (born Lynn Voorlas)Girl
American country music singer
- The Lane SistersGirl
American singers and actress
- Diane LaneGirl
American actress
- Martha Lane FoxGirl
Baroness Lane,Fox of Soho, British businesswoman
- Ava Lane BusbyGirl
the first born of the Busby quintuplets
Lane in pop culture
- Lane MeyerBoy
character in movie "Better Off Dead," played by John Cusack
- Lane FrostBoy
from the movie "8 Seconds"
- Lane DuganBoy
from TV series "The Days"
- Lane BryantBoy
plus size clothing chain in the US
- Lane KimGirl
Rory's best friend on TV's "Gilmore Girls."
- Lane DanielsGirl
character in movie "Beauty and the Briefcase"
- Lane BryantGirl
plus,size clothing chain
- Lois LaneGirl
character in the Superman series