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Lana

Pronounced /ˈlɑːnə/

Rank in 2024
#374
Born in 2024
829
Peak year
1948 · #188
Origin
Russian

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 829 girls were named Lana, about 1 in every 1,946.
  • It peaked in 1948 with 1,465 babies, ranked #188.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1885.
  • 56,666 girls have been named Lana since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Lana per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 0.5
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. 0.3
    Gen Z
  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 407 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 5,039 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Boomers: 18,461 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,930 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,541 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,281 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,913 babies, 0.49 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Short form of Alana, or from Russian Ла́на (Lána), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).

  • A female given name from Russian.
Origin
Russian
Say it
/ˈlɑːnə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Lana, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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