Luanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loo-AH-na
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Luanna is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “contentment, enjoyment”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Luanna mean?
Hawaiian: spelling of Luana
“contentment, enjoyment”
From a Hawaiian word meaning to be at ease; it was the heroine's name in the 1932 film Bird of Paradise.
Meaning borrowed from Luana. More on Wiktionary.
Is Luanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Luanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luanna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Luanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Luanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Luanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Luanna, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
2025 had fewer girls named Luanna than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Luanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 126 girls in the US were given Luanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,439, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
- Luana 110
- Luanna 16
Luanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,432 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,611 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,429 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,027 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,967 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,279 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,701 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,737 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,860 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,841 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,523 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,542 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,668 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,336 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,206 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
Nicknames for Luanna
- Lua 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Luanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Lucia, Rosa, Maria, Matilda, Luella, Larosa, Aurora, Eva, Cora, Flora, Louisa
Other spellings of Luanna
Names related to Luanna
Lana, Leanna, Lyanna, Lianna, Liyanna, Louanna, Lunna, Leianna, Leeanna
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, “Luanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luanna, updated 20 October 2026.