Name profile

Lana

Short form of Alana or Svetlana.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈlɑn.ə/; Russian /ˈɫa.nə/
Usage languagesCroatian, Dutch, English, Georgian, Latvian, Russian, Slovene
US rank (2025)#406

Meaning and history

Short form of Alana in English or Svetlana in Russian, Lana was popularized in the English-speaking world by actress Lana Turner (1921–1995), born Julia Jean Turner.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 773 births, rank #412
2007: 813 births, rank #405
2008: 731 births, rank #432
2009: 707 births, rank #445
2010: 628 births, rank #480
20112011: 608 births, rank #487
2012: 708 births, rank #441
2013: 732 births, rank #414
2014: 943 births, rank #352
2015: 922 births, rank #355
20162016: 847 births, rank #391
2017: 847 births, rank #368
2018: 872 births, rank #360
2019: 814 births, rank #384
2020: 793 births, rank #393
20212021: 828 births, rank #376
2022: 750 births, rank #421
2023: 737 births, rank #416
2024: 830 births, rank #374
20252025: 768 births, rank #406

Lana moved from #374 to #406 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1948, with 1,465 births.