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Baby name
Lana
Girl
Origin of the name
Lana is an English name of uncertain origin, perhaps a short form of Alana or of the Russian Svetlana.
Classic name
57,434births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 188rank at its peak, in 1948
Where babies named Lana are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lana is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lana is most common in South Dakota (2.1 times), North Dakota (2) and Kentucky (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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