Lana
Lana is ranked 374th among girls in 2024 (829 births). Its best rank was 188th, in 1948.
- Rank in 2024
- #374up 42 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8290.05% of girls
- Peak year
- 19481,465 births
- Best rank
- #188in 1948
- Since 1885
- 56,666people given the name
The story in the numbers
56,666 girls have been named Lana in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 1,465 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 352 → 374).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1940s alone account for 18%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | |
| 1890s | 63 | |
| 1900s | 81 | |
| 1910s | 142 | |
| 1920s | 230 | |
| 1930s | 251 | |
| 1940s | 10,199 | |
| 1950s | 8,932 | |
| 1960s | 8,320 | |
| 1970s | 5,235 | |
| 1980s | 3,486 | |
| 1990s | 2,083 | |
| 2000s | 5,766 | |
| 2010s | 7,921 | |
| 2020s | 3,936 |
In 1948, its biggest year
Lana was the 188th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1948 were Linda, Mary, Barbara, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Lana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sharlottepeak 2024
- Gwynnpeak 1954
- Margopeak 1954
- Ilonapeak 1946
- Charlettepeak 1971
- Sharlynpeak 1948
- Lannapeak 2014
- Luanapeak 1947
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.