Boy
Lane
As a boy's name, Lane is understood to mean "narrow road, path". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 2011.
Old EnglishOld English
EtymologyMeaning "narrow road, path"
Births by decade
1900s
24
1910s
182
1920s
409
1930s
622
1940s
1,161
1950s
2,340
1960s
2,661
1970s
1,779
1980s
2,510
1990s
7,725
2000s
11,003
2010s
10,150
Peaked in the 2000s · 40,566 total U.S. births since 1900