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How popular is “Lana” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lana” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lana” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lana” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lana” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lana” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lana” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lana” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 100%
1897 7 0.000020175 7 100%
1900 10 0.000022209 10 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 8 0.000020686 8 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1905 14 0.000033025 14 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 100%
1917 22 0.000010963 22 100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 100%
1919 18 0.00000853 18 100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 100%
1922 26 0.000011358 26 100%
1923 23 0.000009989 23 100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 100%
1925 36 0.000015429 36 100%
1926 22 0.000009582 22 100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 100%
1930 22 0.000009895 22 100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 100%
1933 14 0.000007002 14 100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 100%
1938 40 0.000018078 40 100%
1939 87 0.000039484 87 100%
1940 424 0.000184133 424 100%
1941 625 0.000256523 625 100%
1942 857 0.000313711 857 100%
1943 1004 0.000355706 999 5 99%
1944 901 0.000334934 901 100%
1945 946 0.00035659 946 100%
1946 1300 0.000406847 1300 100%
1947 1364 0.000378645 1364 100%
1948 1470 0.000425776 1465 5 99%
1949 1318 0.000378217 1318 100%
1950 1314 0.000375069 1314 100%
1951 1198 0.000325213 1198 100%
1952 1104 0.000290679 1104 100%
1953 1009 0.00026183 1009 100%
1954 811 0.000203733 811 100%
1955 770 0.000191777 770 100%
1956 680 0.000164927 680 100%
1957 650 0.000154683 650 100%
1958 672 0.000162558 672 100%
1959 724 0.000174123 724 100%
1960 776 0.000186816 776 100%
1961 819 0.000197716 819 100%
1962 787 0.000195025 787 100%
1963 817 0.000206407 817 100%
1964 883 0.000227132 883 100%
1965 781 0.000215422 781 100%
1966 876 0.000252039 876 100%
1967 919 0.0002707 919 100%
1968 804 0.000237982 804 100%
1969 863 0.000248322 858 5 99%
1970 780 0.000216275 780 100%
1971 707 0.000205981 707 100%
1972 600 0.000190901 600 100%
1973 460 0.000152475 460 100%
1974 457 0.000150329 457 100%
1975 445 0.000147381 445 100%
1976 384 0.000126553 384 100%
1977 474 0.000149221 474 100%
1978 511 0.000161002 511 100%
1979 417 0.000125338 417 100%
1980 457 0.000132675 457 100%
1981 379 0.000109557 379 100%
1982 334 0.000095212 334 100%
1983 344 0.000099326 344 100%
1984 376 0.000107775 376 100%
1985 337 0.000094421 337 100%
1986 302 0.000084901 302 100%
1987 325 0.000090137 325 100%
1988 327 0.000088497 327 100%
1989 305 0.000079335 305 100%
1990 251 0.000063504 251 100%
1991 233 0.000059816 233 100%
1992 231 0.000060136 231 100%
1993 217 0.000057555 217 100%
1994 192 0.000051645 192 100%
1995 206 0.000056251 206 100%
1996 182 0.000049901 182 100%
1997 179 0.000049369 179 100%
1998 186 0.000050568 186 100%
1999 206 0.000055768 206 100%
2000 209 0.000055292 209 100%
2001 235 0.000062777 235 100%
2002 380 0.000101651 380 100%
2003 573 0.000150698 573 100%
2004 640 0.000167499 640 100%
2005 705 0.000183362 705 100%
2006 773 0.00019539 773 100%
2007 813 0.000203368 813 100%
2008 731 0.000185974 731 100%
2009 707 0.00018507 707 100%
2010 628 0.000169925 628 100%
2011 608 0.00016622 608 100%
2012 708 0.000193582 708 100%
2013 732 0.000200786 732 100%
2014 943 0.000254426 943 100%
2015 922 0.000249128 922 100%
2016 847 0.000230872 847 100%
2017 847 0.000236844 847 100%
2018 872 0.000248016 872 100%
2019 814 0.000234519 814 100%
2020 793 0.000237384 793 100%
2021 828 0.000244396 828 100%
2022 750 0.000221688 750 100%
2023 736 0.000222276 736 100%
2024 829 0.000249061 829 100%

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