Vana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAH-na
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Vana is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Vana come from?
Italian: Italian name, perhaps a form of Vanna; also Sanskrit vana 'forest'
Is Vana a girl's or a boy's name?
Vana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 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, 13 girls in the US were named Vana, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1948, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had more girls named Vana than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Vana in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were given Vana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,126, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
- Vanna 58
- Vana 13
Vana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Names like Vana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vera Nora Emma Stella Ella Ava Gemma Bella Veda Myra Lola Lana
Other spellings of Vana
Names related to Vana
More Italian names
Aria Sienna Enzo Kiara Ariyah Milani Ariya Armani Bianca Siena Ariah Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma Alfredo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Vana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vana, updated 20 October 2026.