Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lana

#540 most common girls' name of all time · #1,005 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among girls
#540
Rank overall
#1,005 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
57,449
Since 2016
8,086
Peak year
1948 #188
Best rank
#188 1948
Girls Boys peak 1,470/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lana first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 768 768 #406
2024 830 830 #374
2023 737 737 #416
2022 750 750 #421
2021 828 828 #376
2020 793 793 #393
2019 814 814 #384
2018 872 872 #360
2017 847 847 #368
2016 847 847 #391
2015 922 922 #356
2014 943 943 #352
2013 732 732 #414
2012 708 708 #441
2011 608 608 #487
2010 628 628 #480
2009 707 707 #445
2008 731 731 #432
2007 813 813 #405
2006 773 773 #412
2005 705 705 #437
2004 640 640 #464
2003 573 573 #501
2002 380 380 #669
2001 235 235 #941
2000 209 209 #1,011
1999 206 206 #996
1998 186 186 #1,055
1997 179 179 #1,062
1996 182 182 #1,029
1995 206 206 #914
1994 192 192 #967
1993 217 217 #890
1992 231 231 #857
1991 233 233 #859
1990 251 251 #799
1989 304 304 #667
1988 328 328 #611
1987 324 324 #601
1986 302 302 #620
1985 337 337 #577
1984 376 376 #516
1983 344 344 #545
1982 334 334 #554
1981 379 379 #521
1980 456 456 #466
1979 417 417 #489
1978 511 511 #404
1977 474 474 #428
1976 384 384 #479
1975 445 445 #442
1974 457 457 #428
1973 460 460 #425
1972 600 600 #365
1971 707 707 #352
1970 780 780 #336
1969 858 5 863 #308
1968 804 804 #311
1967 919 919 #280
1966 876 876 #286
1965 781 781 #322
1964 883 883 #312
1963 817 817 #330
1962 787 787 #335
1961 819 819 #329
1960 776 776 #339
1959 724 724 #354
1958 672 672 #355
1957 650 650 #356
1956 680 680 #336
1955 770 770 #308
1954 811 811 #298
1953 1,009 1,009 #256
1952 1,104 1,104 #237
1951 1,198 1,198 #221
1950 1,314 1,314 #205
1949 1,318 1,318 #206
1948 1,465 5 1,470 #188
1947 1,364 1,364 #195
1946 1,300 1,300 #189
1945 946 946 #208
1944 901 901 #219
1943 999 5 1,004 #208
1942 857 857 #224
1941 625 625 #255
1940 424 424 #306
1939 87 87 #730
1938 40 40 #1,149
1937 17 17 #1,936
1936 13 13 #2,304
1935 15 15 #2,125
1934 19 19 #1,791
1933 14 14 #2,192
1932 13 13 #2,402
1931 11 11 #2,615
1930 22 22 #1,720
1929 19 19 #1,912
1928 17 17 #2,126
1927 26 26 #1,635
1926 22 22 #1,848
1925 36 36 #1,334
1924 26 26 #1,689
1923 23 23 #1,796
1922 26 26 #1,660
1921 21 21 #1,955
1920 14 14 #2,490
1919 18 18 #2,012
1918 22 22 #1,776
1917 22 22 #1,675
1916 21 21 #1,703
1915 14 14 #2,177
1914 9 9 #2,480
1913 7 7 #2,595
1912 10 10 #1,884
1911 9 9 #1,698
1910 10 10 #1,566
1909 6 6 #2,023
1908 5 5 #2,174
1907 6 6 #1,890
1906 8 8 #1,468
1905 14 14 #1,041
1904 6 6 #1,729
1903 9 9 #1,270
1902 8 8 #1,373
1901 9 9 #1,182
1900 10 10 #1,276
1897 7 7 #1,321
1896 11 11 #1,039
1895 7 7 #1,362
1894 8 8 #1,196
1893 14 14 #823
1892 11 11 #954
1891 5 5 #1,419
1888 9 9 #950
1887 6 6 #1,120
1885 6 6 #1,033