Luana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loo-AH-na
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,818 for girls
Luana is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “contentment, enjoyment”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 1,818th for girls in the US (110 babies).
What does Luana mean?
Hawaiian
“contentment, enjoyment”
From a Hawaiian word meaning to be at ease; it was the heroine's name in the 1932 film Bird of Paradise.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Luana a girl's or a boy's name?
Luana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 110 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,247th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Luana, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 41 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Luana than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Luana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.
Luana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 34 | #1,075 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 37 | #1,025 |
| 2018 | 41 | #964 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Luana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,818th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 110 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were named Luana, making it the 1,818th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 164 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the girls named Luana in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 girls in the US were given Luana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,439, up from #1,818 for this spelling alone.
- Luana 110
- Luanna 16
Luana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,818 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,895 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,802 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,907 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,816 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,113 |
| 2017 | 78 | #2,338 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,379 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,468 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,173 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,559 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 62 | #1,433 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1962 | 96 | #1,110 |
| 1961 | 92 | #1,143 |
| 1960 | 95 | #1,102 |
| 1959 | 61 | #1,369 |
| 1958 | 82 | #1,172 |
| 1957 | 73 | #1,227 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,616 |
| 1955 | 68 | #1,219 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,139 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,401 |
| 1951 | 62 | #1,182 |
| 1950 | 75 | #1,063 |
| 1949 | 113 | #822 |
| 1948 | 130 | #740 |
| 1947 | 164 | #650 |
| 1946 | 91 | #866 |
| 1945 | 46 | #1,154 |
| 1944 | 51 | #1,089 |
| 1943 | 71 | #922 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,206 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,166 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,053 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,316 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,330 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,264 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,292 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,179 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,460 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,737 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,727 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,211 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,840 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,897 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,821 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,537 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Nicknames for Luana
- Lua 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Luana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucia, Lola, Maria, Aurora, Larosa, Aria, Alora, Lara, Ava, Margot, Lola-Rose, Croia
Other spellings of Luana
Names related to Luana
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Leylani
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, “Luana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luana, updated 20 October 2026.