Lana

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lana: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lana: Recorded since 1974, it reached #114 in 2020, and it stood at #207 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
133times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#114highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#408
1997	#380
1998	#462
1999	#370
2000	#422
2001	#435
2002	#302
2003	#262
2004	#305
2005	#244
2006	#233
2007	#263
2008	#223
2009	#230
2010	#257
2011	#238
2012	#208
2013	#214
2014	#218
2015	#222
2016	#241
2017	#257
2018	#260
2019	#253
2020	#245
2021	#227
2022	#255
2023	#205
2024	#246

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 52 years from 1974 to 2025.

In 2025: #207 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #323 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1974–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #393 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #114 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #323 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Lana appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, with 40 ranked years and 476 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1974.

Lana across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lana's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#393 (1974)	#156 (2024)	#207 (2025)	37 of 52	588 (1974–2025)	33 (2012)
Norway · Girls	#496 (1980)	#187 (2018)	#323 (2025)	40 of 46	476 (1980–2025)	27 (2018)
England and Wales · Girls	#408 (1996)	#205 (2023)	#246 (2024)	29 of 29	5,057 (1996–2024)	241 (2012)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#114 (2020)	#179 (2024)	26 of 28	272 (1997–2024)	19 (2015)

Lana by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lana in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	35	6 of 10	6
1990s	42	8 of 10	5
2000s	130	10 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	193	10 of 10	19
2020s	76	6 of 10	13

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Lana appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #114 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Lana's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#246	196	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#205	240	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#255	183	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#227	219	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#245	194	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#253	193	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#260	188	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#257	193	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#241	213	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#222	235	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#218	236	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#214	237	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#208	241	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#238	209	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#257	196	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#230	211	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#223	228	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#263	185	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#233	204	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#244	186	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#305	133	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#262	160	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#302	120	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#435	70	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#422	74	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#370	87	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#462	63	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#380	84	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#408	79	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#179	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#151	13	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#114	18	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#144	14	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#166	13	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#150	15	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#123	19	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#147	15	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#132	16	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#207	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#194	10	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#164	12	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#198	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#254	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#200	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#173	9	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#176	9	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#259	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#323	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#340	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#313	12	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#278	14	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#330	10	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#235	19	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#193	26	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#187	27	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#221	23	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#317	15	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#250	21	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#263	20	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#334	14	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#287	18	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#327	15	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#301	17	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#315	15	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#236	23	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#266	18	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#351	12	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#331	13	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#280	15	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#569	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#421	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#610	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#568	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#559	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#472	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#585	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#585	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#500	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#660	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#662	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#630	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#614	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#567	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#649	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#443	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#496	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	21	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	29	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	27	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	33	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	25	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	18	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	28	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	28	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	25	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	27	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	32	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	24	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	33	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	22	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	21	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	18	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	15	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#415	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#188	21	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1974 and 2025, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #114, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 241 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1980, and 50 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Muhammed · #108, 46y
Zofia · #121, 40y
Liliana · #123, 47y
Antoni · #103, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Karolina · #114, 51y
Lin · #114, 33y
Lyndsey · #112, 36y
Siofra · #116, 48y

Lana was ranked #114 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lana and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lana without appearing here.

Lana moved ahead of

Marilyn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #516 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #199 and #896.
Astrid Compare
In 2006 they stood at #542 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #307 and #842.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #536 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #215 and #677.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #422 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #435 and #871.

Moved ahead of Lana

Sophie Compare
In 1985 they stood at #567 and #637 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #614 and #242.
Vilde Compare
In 1982 they stood at #443 and #509 in Norway · Girls; by 1983 that had become #649 and #329.
Tiril Compare
In 1984 they stood at #649 and #674 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #567 and #297.
Bonnie Compare
In 2015 they stood at #123 and #175 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #353 and #123.

Moved the opposite way to Lana

Aisling Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lana went from #393 to #207 while Aisling went from #52 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lana went from #393 to #207 while Alison went from #65 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lana went from #393 to #207 while Amanda went from #31 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lana went from #393 to #207 while Ann went from #10 to #443.

Moved the same way as Lana

Ada Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lana went from #393 to #207 and Ada from #428 to #45.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lana went from #393 to #207 and Alexandra from #271 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lana went from #393 to #207 and Alice from #146 to #41.
Amy Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lana went from #393 to #207 and Amy from #264 to #138.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #114 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lana

Lana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lana across 4 official records

Lana by decade in Norway · Girls

Lana appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lana

Lana and the names beside it

Lana moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lana

Moved the opposite way to Lana

Moved the same way as Lana

Lana at a glance

Lana across 4 official records

Lana by decade in Norway · Girls

Lana appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lana

Lana and the names beside it

Lana moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lana

Moved the opposite way to Lana

Moved the same way as Lana