Given name
Loana
“a gracious and loving woman”
Loana is a variant of Loanna. One American interpretation is “a gracious and loving woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Loana is a variant of Loanna. One American interpretation is “a gracious and loving woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Loana is a variant of Loanna. An origin associated with Loanna is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 91
- 0 boys · 91 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,319 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,319 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 292 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Loana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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