Dalana
Feminine
Dalana is a mid-century American name, three syllables with the stress in the middle and the soft finish of Lana. The name inside it belonged to one of the most famous discoveries in Hollywood legend.
How old is the name Dalana?
Dalana first appears in US birth records in 1947 — 78 years ago. The typical Dalana alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 600 people named Dalana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dalana most popular?
Dalana peaked in 1967, reaching #3484 nationally. See the whole 1967 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Dalana
Dalana sounds like two American names meeting: the plain Dale of the countryside and the glamorous Lana of the movies. Lana Turner's own story is the best-known discovery tale in Hollywood — the teenager spotted at a soda counter and put in pictures — though the counter was really the Top Hat Malt Shop on Sunset Boulevard, not Schwab's drugstore, where legend moved it. Dalana takes that bright back half and gives it a gentler start. It is a name made of familiar pieces, and it sounds unhurried and warm.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Dalana may join Dale to Lana, or respell Delana, and nothing records which. It has no documented meaning of its own.
Pronouncing Dalana
duh-LAN-uh
Three syllables with the stress on the second; some families say duh-LAH-nuh.
Nicknames for Dalana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1947
- Most girls named
- 197719 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3484reached in 1967
- Change vs 2020
- +20.0%6 in 2023, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dalanas among us
people named Dalana are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Dalana sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Easy to say once heard.
- Comes with Lana as a ready short form.
- Rare, so a Dalana is unlikely to share her name.
- Delana and Dalanna are likely guesses, so it will need spelling out.
- Two pronunciations are possible; say which one early.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dalanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Dalana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dalana in 2025?
- Dalana is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Dalana with classmates?
- Dalana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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