Lana
#406 for girls in 2025, 768 births · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 1,465 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 57,434since 1885
Lana over time
Rank among girls' names. Lana has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #406 | 768 | — | |
| 2024 | #374 | 830 | — | |
| 2023 | #416 | 737 | — | |
| 2022 | #421 | 750 | — | |
| 2021 | #376 | 828 | — | |
| 2020 | #393 | 793 | — | |
| 2019 | #384 | 814 | — | |
| 2018 | #360 | 872 | — | |
| 2017 | #368 | 847 | — | |
| 2016 | #391 | 847 | — | |
| 2015 | #355 | 922 | — | |
| 2014 | #352 | 943 | — | |
| 2013 | #414 | 732 | — | |
| 2012 | #441 | 708 | — | |
| 2011 | #487 | 608 | — | |
| 2010 | #480 | 628 | — | |
| 2009 | #445 | 707 | — | |
| 2008 | #432 | 731 | — | |
| 2007 | #405 | 813 | — | |
| 2006 | #412 | 773 | — | |
| 2005 | #437 | 705 | — | |
| 2004 | #464 | 640 | — | |
| 2003 | #501 | 573 | — | |
| 2002 | #667 | 380 | — | |
| 2001 | #940 | 235 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,011 | 209 | — | |
| 1999 | #996 | 206 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,055 | 186 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,061 | 179 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,028 | 182 | — | |
| 1995 | #914 | 206 | — | |
| 1994 | #965 | 192 | — | |
| 1993 | #889 | 217 | — | |
| 1992 | #857 | 231 | — | |
| 1991 | #859 | 233 | — | |
| 1990 | #799 | 251 | — | |
| 1989 | #666 | 304 | — | |
| 1988 | #611 | 328 | — | |
| 1987 | #601 | 324 | — | |
| 1986 | #620 | 302 | — | |
| 1985 | #577 | 337 | — | |
| 1984 | #516 | 376 | — | |
| 1983 | #544 | 344 | — | |
| 1982 | #554 | 334 | — | |
| 1981 | #521 | 379 | — | |
| 1980 | #466 | 456 | — | |
| 1979 | #489 | 417 | — | |
| 1978 | #404 | 511 | — | |
| 1977 | #427 | 474 | — | |
| 1976 | #478 | 384 | — | |
| 1975 | #442 | 445 | — | |
| 1974 | #427 | 457 | — | |
| 1973 | #424 | 460 | — | |
| 1972 | #365 | 600 | — | |
| 1971 | #352 | 707 | — | |
| 1970 | #336 | 780 | — | |
| 1969 | #308 | 858 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #311 | 804 | — | |
| 1967 | #280 | 919 | — | |
| 1966 | #286 | 876 | — | |
| 1965 | #322 | 781 | — | |
| 1964 | #311 | 883 | — | |
| 1963 | #329 | 817 | — | |
| 1962 | #335 | 787 | — | |
| 1961 | #329 | 819 | — | |
| 1960 | #339 | 776 | — | |
| 1959 | #354 | 724 | — | |
| 1958 | #355 | 672 | — | |
| 1957 | #356 | 650 | — | |
| 1956 | #336 | 680 | — | |
| 1955 | #308 | 770 | — | |
| 1954 | #298 | 811 | — | |
| 1953 | #256 | 1,009 | — | |
| 1952 | #237 | 1,104 | — | |
| 1951 | #221 | 1,198 | — | |
| 1950 | #205 | 1,314 | — | |
| 1949 | #206 | 1,318 | — | |
| 1948 | #188 | 1,465 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #195 | 1,364 | — | |
| 1946 | #189 | 1,300 | — | |
| 1945 | #208 | 946 | — | |
| 1944 | #219 | 901 | — | |
| 1943 | #208 | 999 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #224 | 857 | — | |
| 1941 | #255 | 625 | — | |
| 1940 | #306 | 424 | — | |
| 1939 | #727 | 87 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,324 | 36 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lana! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lana
- 32 spots since 2024 (#374 → #406)
- 13 spots since 2020 (#393 → #406)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#355 → #406)
- Biggest jump: 424 spots in 1892 (#1,332 → #908)
- Biggest drop: 342 spots in 1894 (#794 → #1,136)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1948 at #188 (1,465 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1939–1995
- Highest: 1 in 1,159 girls born in 1948 were named Lana (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,093 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 17.8% of all girls named Lana (10,199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #894 (1888) | #950 |
| 1890s | 63 | #794 (1893) | #1,104 |
| 1900s | 81 | #1,011 (1905) | #1,486 |
| 1910s | 142 | #1,521 (1910) | #1,922 |
| 1920s | 230 | #1,324 (1925) | #1,826 |
| 1930s | 251 | #727 (1939) | #1,872 |
| 1940s | 10,199 | #188 (1948) | #220 |
| 1950s | 8,932 | #205 (1950) | #293 |
| 1960s | 8,320 | #280 (1967) | #315 |
| 1970s | 5,235 | #336 (1970) | #414 |
| 1980s | 3,484 | #466 (1980) | #568 |
| 1990s | 2,083 | #799 (1990) | #942 |
| 2000s | 5,766 | #405 (2007) | #571 |
| 2010s | 7,921 | #352 (2014) | #403 |
| 2020s | 4,706 | #374 (2024) | #398 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lana in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 1,159 of them was named Lana, which outranked 96.9% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 350,924 of them was named Lana, which outranked 12.6% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 531 names at #3,668; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.