Girl's name
Lana
Say it LAH-nuh
Russian origin 2 syllables
Where Lana is loved, common and rare
Common across Slovenia, France and one more place. Rare in Austria, the UK, six German cities and 12 more places.
1 in 560 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
Slovenia 13thFrance 97thAustria 136th
LovedCommonRare
Every place
In 25 of the 40 official lists, among them Slovenia (13th), France (97th) and Austria (136th).
Show all 25 placesShow less
| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 13th 2025 | 93 | about 1 in 71 |
| France | 97th 2025 | 530 | 1 in 541 |
| Austria | 136th 2025 | 46 | 1 in 777 |
| Northern Ireland | 146th 2025 | 13 | 1 in 560 |
| Munich city | 156th 2025 | 8 | about 1 in 524 |
| Cologne city | 159th 2023 | 7 | about 1 in 878 |
| Berlin city | 164th 2023 | 19 | about 1 in 763 |
| The Netherlands | 176th 2025 | 86 | about 1 in 709 |
| British Columbia province | 187th 2023 | 16 | about 1 in 747 |
| Ireland | 207th 2025 | 21 | 1 in 1,006 |
| Ontario province | 222nd 2024 | 54 | about 1 in 1,009 |
| Israel לנא | 223rd 2024 | 96 | about 1 in 817 |
| Switzerland | 228th 2025 | 31 | 1 in 1,097 |
| Sweden | 238th 2025 | 33 | about 1 in 1,217 |
| Quebec province | 250th 2025 | 23 | about 1 in 1,131 |
| England and Wales | 253rd 2025 | 185 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Scotland | 272nd 2025 | 13 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Norway | 315th 2025 | 11 | 1 in 1,981 |
| Poland | 381st 2025 | 8 | 1 in 14,974 |
| Catalonia region | 422nd 2025 | 7 | 1 in 2,753 |
| Italy | 2199th 2024 | 3 | 1 in 59,723 |
| Croatia | 30th 2025 | 129 | rank only |
| Rostock city | 166th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 985 |
| Bonn city | 249th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,508 |
| Leipzig city | 344th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 2,624 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Spain and Hungary.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Lana has two routes. It can be a short form of Alana, or it can come from Russian, where Lana is a diminutive of several names, Svetlana among them. Neither route gives it a single agreed meaning, so it is usually chosen for its sound.
Read the restShow less
LAH-nuh is two open syllables, short and gentle. Relatives include Alana, Ilana, Elana, Lanna and Lani, and Svetlana remains the full Russian form behind it.
Lana is in the top fifteen in Slovenia and well liked in Croatia and France. In the English-speaking world it is more modest, most used in Northern Ireland, British Columbia and Ireland. It peaked in France around 2016 and is easing back in several countries, though it still has a steady following.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- LAH-nuh, 2 syllables
- Origin
- Russian
- Other spellings
- Alana
- Liana
- Ana
- Lena
- Olana
- Lani
- Ilana
- Lanna
- Elana
- Svetlana
- Ellina
Etymology
Short form of Alana, or from Russian Lana, a diminutive of several names including Svetlana.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 3 of 22 regions, falling in 8.
Show the yearsShow less
Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 241 | 257 | 260 | 253 | 245 | 227 | 255 | 205 | 246 | 253 |
| Scotland | 199 | 201 | 255 | 206 | 170 | 225 | 273 | 228 | 188 | 272 |
| Northern Ireland | 353 | 150 | 166 | 144 | 114 | 171 | 218 | 151 | 179 | 146 |
| Ireland | 200 | 184 | 185 | 260 | 229 | 190 | 157 | 173 | 156 | 207 |
| Ontario | 221 | 201 | 202 | 234 | 215 | 192 | 241 | 168 | 222 | |
| British Columbia | 578 | 257 | 224 | 375 | 495 | 250 | 170 | 187 | ||
| South Australia | 163 | 223 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 235 | 221 | 284 | 193 | 221 | 200 | 254 | 282 | 161 | 250 |
| France | 32 | 43 | 55 | 53 | 57 | 68 | 65 | 73 | 75 | 97 |
| The Netherlands | 87 | 98 | 125 | 123 | 152 | 165 | 160 | 239 | 176 | |
| Austria | 111 | 110 | 137 | 116 | 121 | 156 | 142 | 131 | 147 | 136 |
| Switzerland | 151 | 124 | 105 | 163 | 191 | 167 | 151 | 219 | 222 | 228 |
| Berlin | 169 | 173 | 153 | 128 | 107 | 108 | 191 | 164 | ||
| Munich | 160 | 164 | 121 | 126 | 111 | 109 | 124 | 172 | 156 | |
| Cologne | 192 | 249 | 145 | 139 | 216 | 145 | 213 | 159 | ||
| Bonn | 314 | 365 | 114 | 102 | 96 | 124 | 392 | 380 | 141 | 249 |
| Leipzig | 131 | 193 | 189 | 186 | 406 | 405 | 186 | 130 | 143 | 344 |
| Rostock | 184 | 228 | 134 | 141 | 202 | 187 | 158 | 166 | ||
| Norway | 309 | 219 | 186 | 193 | 230 | 322 | 271 | 302 | 332 | 315 |
| Sweden | 199 | 195 | 161 | 200 | 217 | 240 | 186 | 189 | 185 | 238 |
| Catalonia | 404 | 628 | 442 | 381 | 422 | |||||
| Italy | 2245 | 1390 | 2199 | |||||||
| Poland | 711 | 574 | 603 | 361 | 388 | 570 | 397 | 415 | 381 | |
| Hungary | 94 | 97 | 86 | 89 | 92 | |||||
| Slovenia | 13 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Croatia | 20 | 21 | 30 | |||||||
| Israel | 170 | 191 | 256 | 211 | 240 | 219 | 221 | 229 | 223 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 253 | 185 | 73.0 |
| 2024 | 246 | 196 | 76.0 |
| 2023 | 205 | 240 | 93.5 |
| 2022 | 255 | 183 | 69.4 |
| 2021 | 227 | 219 | 79.9 |
| 2020 | 245 | 194 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 253 | 193 | 68.9 |
| 2018 | 260 | 188 | 65.2 |
| 2017 | 257 | 193 | 64.5 |
| 2016 | 241 | 213 | 69.3 |
| 2015 | 222 | 235 | 76.3 |
| 2014 | 218 | 236 | 77.0 |
| 2013 | 214 | 237 | 76.8 |
| 2012 | 208 | 241 | 74.8 |
| 2011 | 238 | 209 | 65.0 |
| 2010 | 257 | 196 | 61.1 |
| 2009 | 230 | 211 | 67.3 |
| 2008 | 223 | 228 | 72.2 |
| 2007 | 263 | 185 | 60.4 |
| 2006 | 233 | 204 | 68.2 |
| 2005 | 244 | 186 | 64.5 |
| 2004 | 305 | 133 | 46.5 |
| 2003 | 262 | 160 | 57.4 |
| 2002 | 302 | 120 | 44.9 |
| 2001 | 435 | 70 | 26.1 |
| 2000 | 422 | 74 | 27.1 |
| 1999 | 370 | 87 | 30.9 |
| 1998 | 462 | 63 | 21.8 |
| 1997 | 380 | 84 | 28.7 |
| 1996 | 408 | 79 | 26.7 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Lana in France since 1925 were born in or after 2013. First recorded in 1972. Her peak year there: 2016, at 475.9 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Lana per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2016 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Lana
1 in 426 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lana. Same first letter as Lana.
1 in 577 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lana.
1 in 960 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lana. Same first letter as Lana.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lana.
1 in 778 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lana.
1 in 486 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lana. Same first letter as Lana.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Lyla.
1 in 334 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lana.
1 in 729 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lana.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lana.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lana.
Middle names for Lana
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Lana Grace
2-1 beats · initials LG
Changes the beat after Lana: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Lana Olivia
2-4 beats · initials LO · Lana slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lana: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Lana slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Lana Sophia
2-3 beats · initials LS
Changes the beat after Lana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Lana Maria
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Lana Rose
2-1 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Lana: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Lana Emily
2-3 beats · initials LE · Lana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Lana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Lana Julia
2-3 beats · initials LJ
Changes the beat after Lana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Lana Miriam
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Lana
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 577 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Lana across countries and decades.
1 in 1,689 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Lana across countries and decades.
1 in 754 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Lana across countries and decades.
1 in 260 in Northern Ireland
93% alike: moves with Lana across countries and decades.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Lana across countries and decades.
1 in 852 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Lana across countries and decades.
1 in 571 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lana across countries and decades.
1 in 334 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Lana across countries and decades.
Famous people named Lana
Lana Turner, Lana Condor, Lana Parrilla, Lana Wood, Lana Clarkson, Lana Bastašić, Lana Jurčević and Lana Gogoberidze.
Show all 8Show less
-
American actress (1921–1995)
-
Vietnamese-American actress born 1997
-
American actress born 1977
-
American actress born 1946
-
Actress and fashion model from the United States (1962–2003)
-
Bosnian writer born 1986
-
Croatian singer born 1984
-
Georgian film director and politician (born 1928)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Lana
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
Show all 4 questionsShow less
How popular is Lana?
Her best rank is No. 13 in Slovenia in 2025, about 1 in 71 girls. She is in the published lists of 25 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Lana?
LAH-nuh, with 2 syllables.
Is Lana getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 3 of 22 regions, falling in 8.
Which sister names go with Lana?
The deck's top five sisters for Lana: Lara, Naomi, Lia, Gabriela and Talia. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.