How Many People Are Named Luana?
people named Luana are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 89,730 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,893 babies named Luana in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
164 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the movie 'Bird of Paradise' (1932), in which it was borne by the main character, a Polynesian girl. The movie was based on a 1912 play of the same name set in Hawaii.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Luana in English. Counting Luana and these spellings together, about 5,210 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Luana in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Luana alive today is about 41 years old, and 43% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Luana first appears in the records in 1911 and was given most often in 1947, to 164 babies. In 2025, 110 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Luana has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #651, in 1947. In 2025 it ranked #1,827.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,827 |
| Best rank | #651 (1947) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #908 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Luana alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Luana were born in California than in any other state: about 706 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Luana was given 25.4 times as often in Hawaii, 5.9 times in Utah and 4 times in California.
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