The name Lane is of English origin, and means one who lives near the lane.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lane has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lane
Use of the Name Lane for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
21,509
19,076
13,987
10,193
5,070
2,186
1,057
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lane has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lane first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lane
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1881
951
5
1882
900
6
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
994
6
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
959
50
1930
925
53
1931
1932
866
55
1933
917
47
1934
947
45
1935
740
69
1936
819
56
1937
804
59
1938
685
78
1939
697
73
1940
744
68
1941
741
70
1942
719
80
1943
789
69
1944
691
82
1945
670
80
1946
586
120
1947
641
116
1948
641
111
1949
560
145
1950
539
160
1951
499
181
1952
512
186
1953
527
181
1954
538
182
1955
546
183
1956
537
194
1957
573
181
1958
546
199
1959
433
339
1960
478
276
1961
487
262
1962
481
271
1963
547
211
1964
475
278
1965
508
225
1966
517
215
1967
509
218
1968
515
215
1969
492
245
1970
531
231
1971
593
194
1972
648
152
1973
691
134
1974
648
155
1975
686
145
1976
652
157
1977
741
133
1978
741
130
1979
711
146
1980
726
146
1981
642
175
1982
663
173
1983
736
137
1984
662
170
1985
662
177
1986
603
218
1987
631
209
1988
591
248
1989
645
241
1990
558
328
1991
598
289
1992
597
295
1993
595
299
1994
353
689
1995
246
1,167
1996
261
1,069
1997
288
967
1998
295
953
1999
296
967
2000
296
1,012
2001
309
894
2002
299
978
2003
273
1,129
2004
296
1,057
Totals:
21,509
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lane as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Lane appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 78 times during the last 125 years.