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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lana has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1885
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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
63 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1948 at #188 (1,465 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 88 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1939–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,159
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 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 2014
girls
#352
943 births · 1 in 1,894 girls
Top girls' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 1,894 of them was named Lana, which outranked 98.2% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Lana
Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.