# Lana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɑːnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 57,449 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15 / 57,434 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,242, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short form of Alana, or from Russian Ла́на (Lána), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 608 | 488 |
| 2012 | 708 | 441 |
| 2013 | 732 | 414 |
| 2014 | 943 | 352 |
| 2015 | 922 | 356 |
| 2016 | 847 | 391 |
| 2017 | 847 | 369 |
| 2018 | 872 | 360 |
| 2019 | 814 | 384 |
| 2020 | 793 | 393 |
| 2021 | 828 | 377 |
| 2022 | 750 | 421 |
| 2023 | 737 | 416 |
| 2024 | 830 | 374 |
| 2025 | 768 | 406 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 5 | 3,812 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,958 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,743 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 209 | 238 |
| 2012 | 241 | 208 |
| 2013 | 237 | 214 |
| 2014 | 236 | 218 |
| 2015 | 235 | 222 |
| 2016 | 213 | 241 |
| 2017 | 193 | 257 |
| 2018 | 188 | 260 |
| 2019 | 193 | 253 |
| 2020 | 194 | 245 |
| 2021 | 219 | 227 |
| 2022 | 183 | 255 |
| 2023 | 240 | 205 |
| 2024 | 196 | 246 |
| 2025 | 185 | 253 |

## People named Lana

- Lana Turner, American actress (1921–1995)
- Lana Rhoades, American internet personality, podcaster and former pornographic film actress (born 1996)
- Lana Parrilla, American actress
- Lana Wood, American actress
- Lana Clarkson, actress and fashion model from the United States (1962–2003)
- Lana Bastašić, Bosnian writer
- Lana Jurčević, Croatian singer
- Lana Ghoghoberidze, Georgian film director and politician (born 1928)
- Lana Pudar, Bosnian swimmer
- Lana Gehring, American short track speed skater
- Lana Lane, American rock singer
- Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Emirati diplomat

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.