Luana
Luana was given to 110 girls in 2025, #1,827 among girls’ names; 4,893 Americans have been recorded with it since 1911 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,770 Americans named Luana and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (77% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 10 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Luana by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Luana mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Luana is “a female given name originating as a coinage.”
American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Luana?
#1,827 among girls’ names, 2025
Luana rose from #3,373 in 2015 to #1,827 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 26.9 to 68.4 per million.
164 babies in 1947, the peak
Luana peaked in 1947, when 164 girls were given it, #651 among girls’ names. The 110 births of 2025 are 67% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,827 | 68.4 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,906 | 64.8 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,811 | 69.8 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,912 | 64.0 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,824 | 67.6 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,988 | 58.8 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,026 | 56.6 |
| 2018 | 90 | #2,126 | 52.9 |
| 2017 | 78 | #2,350 | 45.2 |
| 2016 | 47 | #3,401 | 26.5 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48 | #3,373 | 26.9 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,350 | 26.9 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,242 | 28.5 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,086 | 21.0 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,880 | 22.2 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,078 | 20.8 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,065 | 20.7 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,752 | 22.7 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,831 | 21.8 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,488 | 24.2 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,691 | 21.6 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,535 | 22.9 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,708 | 11.5 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,498 | 21.7 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,476 | 11.7 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,076 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,797 | 10.1 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,712 | 10.2 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,048 | 9.2 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,392 | 13.7 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,432 | 13.1 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,277 | 5.0 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,132 | 8.3 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,960 | 10.8 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,126 | 8.0 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,317 | 7.4 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,962 | 13.6 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,101 | 12.4 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,397 | 10.9 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,103 | 8.7 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,543 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,403 | 7.7 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,322 | 7.8 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,134 | 16.5 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,824 | 19.2 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,039 | 17.5 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,209 | 16.2 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,907 | 18.3 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,696 | 13.0 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,635 | 20.5 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,463 | 13.7 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,585 | 19.8 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,330 | 22.6 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,199 | 23.0 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,951 | 26.4 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,102 | 22.3 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,282 | 19.0 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,871 | 25.0 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,577 | 31.5 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,727 | 25.4 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,786 | 23.2 |
| 1964 | 62 | #1,439 | 32.7 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,612 | 25.9 |
| 1962 | 96 | #1,111 | 48.8 |
| 1961 | 92 | #1,150 | 45.6 |
| 1960 | 95 | #1,109 | 47.0 |
| 1959 | 61 | #1,377 | 30.1 |
| 1958 | 82 | #1,178 | 40.8 |
| 1957 | 73 | #1,232 | 35.7 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,624 | 21.4 |
| 1955 | 68 | #1,226 | 34.8 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,147 | 38.6 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,634 | 19.7 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,409 | 25.9 |
| 1951 | 62 | #1,185 | 34.4 |
| 1950 | 75 | #1,067 | 43.8 |
| 1949 | 113 | #826 | 66.0 |
| 1948 | 130 | #745 | 76.6 |
| 1947 | 164 | #651 | 92.5 |
| 1946 | 91 | #870 | 57.9 |
| 1945 | 46 | #1,164 | 35.2 |
| 1944 | 51 | #1,095 | 38.4 |
| 1943 | 71 | #928 | 50.9 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,218 | 31.8 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,176 | 33.9 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,264 | 30.6 |
| 1939 | 46 | #1,058 | 41.9 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,330 | 28.1 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,346 | 28.2 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,337 | 28.8 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,293 | 30.5 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,304 | 29.7 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,189 | 35.7 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,473 | 25.3 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,922 | 16.9 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,489 | 24.9 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,864 | 17.9 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,758 | 19.9 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,752 | 20.1 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,856 | 18.6 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,981 | 16.4 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,267 | 13.6 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,876 | 18.2 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,932 | 17.5 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,844 | 18.7 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,785 | 19.2 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,588 | 11.5 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,557 | 23.3 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,746 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,772 | 19.2 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,475 | 12.2 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,433 | 7.9 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,481 | 8.0 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,697 | 12.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Luana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Luana has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Luana: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Luana, and how old are they?
3,770 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 77% of the 4,893 Americans ever recorded as Luana. The median Luana alive today is 45 years old; half are between 10 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 4,363 people named Luana (4,355 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,413 born in the U.S. The Census count is 28% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 220 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,150 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 292 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 515 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,090 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Luana born?
The states with the most babies named Luana are California, Florida and Hawaii, with 61% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Hawaii is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 834 | #1,260 | 1.8× |
| Florida | 250 | #786 | 1.5× |
| Hawaii | 143 | not ranked | 7.4× |
| New York | 120 | #1,762 | 0.3× |
| Texas | 116 | #2,814 | 0.3× |
| Utah | 102 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Massachusetts | 98 | #842 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 68 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 55 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 53 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Luana is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Luana is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1911 it was given 7.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Luana with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 104,278 babies since 1880, Luana is the third most given (4.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 110 of their 6,258 babies (1.8%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Luana and names like it
- Compare Luana and LunaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLuana peaked in 1947.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Luana since 1910.
- Coined namesWiktionary’s origin for Luana: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Luana.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Luana alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.