Lanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAH-na
- Origin
- Celtic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Lanna is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Lanna mean?
Celtic: spelling of Lana; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Lana. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lanna, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 220 girls in the UK were given Lanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #241, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 2 | #5,038 |
How popular is Lanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Lanna, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Lanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 816 girls in the US were given Lanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #405, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Lanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,665 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,354 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,432 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,824 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,562 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,819 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,554 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,910 |
| 1949 | 20 | #2,211 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,857 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,524 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Names like Lanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lara Mia Alana Lyra Ava Fatima Lyla Heidi Myla Jessica Francesca Erin
Other spellings of Lanna
Names related to Lanna
More Celtic names
Arthur Imogen Gael Harvey Alan Tristan Vienna Alaina Sabrina Alanna Bryce Devon Arturo Alannah Cedric Clyde
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, “Lanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanna, updated 20 October 2026.