NameTides

Lana

Lana was the #406 girls' name in the US in 2025 (768 babies), and #253 in England & Wales and #254 in Canada.

Lana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Lana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#406 (768)#253 (185)#272 (13)#146 (13)#207 (21)#254 (124)
2024#374 (830)#246 (196)#188 (21)#179 (10)#156 (29)#257 (116)
2023#416 (737)#205 (240)#228 (17)#151 (13)#173 (27)#228 (125)
2022#421 (750)#255 (183)#273 (13)#218 (8)#157 (33)#256 (117)
2021#376 (828)#227 (219)#225 (18)#171 (12)#190 (25)#228 (136)
2020#393 (793)#245 (194)#170 (23)#114 (18)#229 (19)#285 (108)
2019#384 (814)#253 (193)#206 (20)#144 (14)#260 (18)#257 (125)
2018#360 (872)#260 (188)#255 (15)#166 (13)#185 (28)#295 (111)
2017#368 (847)#257 (193)#201 (22)#150 (15)#184 (28)#236 (132)
2016#391 (847)#241 (213)#199 (23)#353 (4)#200 (25)#300 (111)
2015#355 (922)#222 (235)#145 (33)#123 (19)#199 (27)#250 (131)
2014#352 (943)#218 (236)#172 (28)#147 (15)#171 (32)#257 (127)
2013#414 (732)#214 (237)#177 (26)#132 (16)#227 (24)#330 (99)
2012#441 (708)#208 (241)#191 (23)#203 (9)#174 (33)#370 (87)
2011#487 (608)#238 (209)#197 (23)#207 (9)#306 (16)#363 (90)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1948 at #188.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 560common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lana is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #286WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #290ILMichigan: #340MINew York: #428NYMassachusetts: #313MAOregon: #320ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #360PANew Jersey: #263NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #246CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #428CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #372ALGeorgia: #509GAHawaii: #69HITexas: #495TXFlorida: #342FL
Lana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#22254
Quebec2025#25023

Lana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LanaCanadaGirls#254124
LanaEngland & WalesGirls#253185
LanaIrelandGirls#20721
LanaNorthern IrelandGirls#14613
LanaScotlandGirls#27213
LanaUSGirls#406768
LanaUSBoys—too few