Lain Popularity by Year
Follow Lain across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Lain birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 15 | #5,861 | Up 1,396 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 11 | #7,257 | Up 1,664 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 8 | #8,921 | Down 2,774 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 7 | #12,197 | Up 1,635 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 14 | #6,147 | Down 1,519 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 21 | #4,628 | Up 1,668 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 13 | #6,296 | Down 483 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 15 | #5,813 | Up 3,006 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 8 | #8,819 | Down 2,759 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 14 | #6,060 | Up 666 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 12 | #6,726 | Down 1,437 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 17 | #5,289 | Down 223 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 18 | #5,066 | Down 85 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 18 | #4,981 | Down 591 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 22 | #4,390 | Down 396 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 25 | #3,994 | Up 1,257 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 17 | #5,251 | Down 149 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 18 | #5,102 | Up 3,222 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 9 | #8,324 | Down 3,328 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Up 3,804 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 18 | #4,996 | Up 76 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | Down 6,012 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 17 | #5,072 | Up 803 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 13 | #5,875 | Down 1,273 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 18 | #4,602 | Up 433 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 8 | #11,624 | — |
| 2003 | Boys | 15 | #5,035 | Up 2,608 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 8 | #7,643 | Down 2,753 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 15 | #4,890 | Down 1,354 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 23 | #3,536 | Up 2,120 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 11 | #5,656 | Down 783 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 13 | #4,873 | Up 1,745 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 8 | #6,618 | Down 1,431 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 11 | #5,187 | Down 63 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 11 | #5,124 | Up 1,248 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 8 | #6,372 | Up 2,328 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 265 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 5 | #8,435 | Down 2,050 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 5 | #6,385 | Down 1,284 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | — |