as a First Name
Mainly U.S.: apparently a transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name for someone who lived in or by a lane (Old English lane, originally denoting a narrow pathway between hedges or banks).
| 1,273rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,577
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 24,404
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Lane per capita
- 1995
- marked the height of its popularity
3%
97%
5%
55+
55+
14%
30-54
30-54
11%
13-29
13-29
70%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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