Girls' name · since 1911
Luana
Luana has 4,893 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,822 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,893
- born since 1911
- 1940s
- peak decade
Luana currently ranks #1822 among girls' names in America, with 4,893 babies recorded since 1911.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luana has been recorded 4,893 times among girls since 1911, currently ranked #1822 nationally and more common than 89% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2025.
- #2,618 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,822 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,893 born since 1911
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luana ranks #2,618 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,822 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,893 born since 1911, peaking in the 1940s.
- #2,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,822 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,893
- born since 1911
- 1940s
- peak decade
Luana's 4,893 recorded births place it above 96.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Luana compares
4,893 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Luana's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,893 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 164 | 21 | 19,840 |
Luana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Luana splits its recorded history at 1969: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1911 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 164 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Luana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2025
- Peak year (1947)
- 164
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Luana by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (785 births, 16% of the file).
1940s was Luana's strongest decade.
785 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Luana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 109
1910s
109 births
- 1920s 215
1920s
215 births
- 1930s 309
1930s
309 births
- 1940s
1940s
785 births
- 1950s
1950s
624 births
- 1960s
1960s
604 births
- 1970s 304
1970s
304 births
- 1980s 209
1980s
209 births
- 1990s 172
1990s
172 births
- 2000s
2000s
355 births
- 2010s
2010s
569 births
- 2020s
2020s
638 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 785 births (16% of all-time use).
How Luana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Luana's total volume
Luana by state
Where Luana concentrates geographically, total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 834 | 17.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 250 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Hawaii | | 143 | 2.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 120 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 116 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Utah | | 102 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 98 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 68 | 1.4% |
834 of 4,893 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Luana appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Luana's data
- Luana's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (785 total births) through the 2020s (638) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Luanas (834 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Luana
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Luana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~114 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1911–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Luana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.