Olanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-LAH-na
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Olanna is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “father's jewel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Olanna mean?
Igbo
“father's jewel”
Olanna is a central character in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun.
Is Olanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Olanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 84% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Olanna, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Olanna of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Olanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Olanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Olanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Olanna, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had the most girls named Olanna of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Olanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Olanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
Names like Olanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva, Tiaraoluwa, Orla, Chioma, Chimamanda, Chizara, Chidera, Amara, Ireoluwa, Sienna, Chizaram, Liyana
Names related to Olanna
Elanna, Alona, Alonna, Olani, Olenna, Oliana, Alonnah, Iolana
More Igbo names
Munachimso, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna, Chiziterem, Naetochukwu, Lotanna
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, “Olanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olanna, updated 20 October 2026.