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Lana

Gender
Girl
Say it
LAH-na
Origin
Celtic
UK rank, 2025
#243 for girls
US rank, 2025
#406 for girls

Lana is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 243rd for girls in the UK (211 babies) and 406th for girls in the US (768 babies).

What does Lana mean?

Celtic: short form of Alana; also of Slavic Svetlana

Made famous in the 1940s by actress Lana Turner, born Julia Jean Turner; it is also a Slavic short form of Svetlana.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lana a girl's or a boy's name?

Lana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 211 girls in the UK and 768 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lana in the UK?

Rank in 2025
243rd among girls
Babies in 2025
211 about 1 in 1,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 4% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 211 girls in the UK were named Lana, making it the 243rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 228th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 287 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 220 girls in the UK were given Lana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #241, up from #243 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 253rd in England and Wales, 272nd in Scotland and 146th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 287 in 20152025
Lana in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025211#243
2024227#230
2023270#203
2022204#251
2021249#227
2020235#228
2019227#235
2018216#253
2017230#241
2016240#242
2015287#204
2014279#212
2013279#204
2012273#206
2011241#238
2010234#240
2009260#214
2008275#211
2007223#256
2006246#218
2005221#234
2004164#285
2003191#259
2002145#297
200190#396
200082#425
1999102#356
199874#456
1997102#372
199696#384

How popular is Lana in the US?

Rank in 2025
406th among girls
Babies in 2025
768 about 1 in 2,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 768 girls in the US were named Lana, making it the 406th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 393rd. Its busiest year was 1948, with 1,465 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.

Half of all the girls named Lana in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 816 girls in the US were given Lana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #405, up from #406 for this spelling alone.

1885Busiest: 1,465 in 19482025
Lana in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025768#406
2024830#374
2023737#416
2022750#421
2021828#376
2020793#393
2019814#384
2018872#360
2017847#368
2016847#391
2015922#355
2014943#352
2013732#414
2012708#441
2011608#487
2010628#480
2009707#445
2008731#432
2007813#405
2006773#412
2005705#437
2004640#464
2003573#501
2002380#667
2001235#939
2000209#1,009
1999206#994
1998186#1,054
1997179#1,060
1996182#1,026
1995206#911
1994192#964
1993217#888
1992231#855
1991233#857
1990251#798
1989304#665
1988328#611
1987324#601
1986302#620
1985337#577
1984376#516
1983344#544
1982334#554
1981379#521
1980456#466
1979417#489
1978511#404
1977474#427
1976384#478
1975445#442
1974457#427
1973460#424
1972600#365
1971707#352
1970780#336
1969858#308
1968804#311
1967919#280
1966876#286
1965781#322
1964883#311
1963817#329
1962787#335
1961819#329
1960776#339
1959724#354
1958672#355
1957650#356
1956680#336
1955770#308
1954811#298
19531,009#256
19521,104#237
19511,198#221
19501,314#205
19491,318#206
19481,465#188
19471,364#195
19461,300#189
1945946#208
1944901#219
1943999#208
1942857#224
1941625#255
1940424#306
193987#727
193840#1,140
193717#1,914
193613#2,262
193515#2,094
193419#1,771
193314#2,160
193213#2,363
193111#2,579
193022#1,702
192919#1,891
192817#2,093
192726#1,618
192622#1,829
192536#1,324
192426#1,679
192323#1,782
192226#1,646
192121#1,927
192014#2,463
191918#1,989
191822#1,754
191722#1,652
191621#1,689
191514#2,142
19149#2,433
19137#2,538
191210#1,843
19119#1,656
191010#1,521
19096#1,957
19085#2,101
19076#1,820
19068#1,416
190514#1,011
19046#1,658
19039#1,204
19028#1,320
19019#1,136
190010#1,230
18990–
18980–
18977#1,263
189611#999
18957#1,299
18948#1,136
189314#794
189211#908
18915#1,332
18900–
18890–
18889#894
18876#1,036
18860–
18856#921

Names like Lana

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lara, Fatima, Heidi, Lyla, Ava, Myla, Athena, Edie, Daphne, Elena, Mia, Alana

Other spellings of Lana

Lahna, Lanna, Lanah

Names related to Lana

Liyana, Liana, Luana, Lani, Leanna, Lyanna, Lianna, Lyana, Layna

More Celtic names

Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah, Cedric, Clyde

Every Celtic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lana, updated 20 October 2026.