first name
LANA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 48,612 people named Lana, 77.8% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lana peaked in 1948, when 1,470 babies got the name.
At least 57,449 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lana by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #390. The largest share of babies named Lana, 32.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lana is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lana has been most common in South Dakota (1.8×), Indiana (1.7×), and North Dakota (1.7×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.18×).
53,647 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lana
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lana, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lana ranks #27,672 of 156,621, with 922 people. See Lana as a last name
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