Lotus
- #1,818 for girls in 2025, 110 births
- #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
- Given to girls 92.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,766since 1896
Lotus over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,818 | 110 | #4,539 | 22 |
| 2024 | #1,648 | 125 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #1,524 | 140 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #1,763 | 117 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #1,516 | 139 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #2,115 | 86 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #2,140 | 87 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #1,953 | 101 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #1,779 | 117 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #2,149 | 90 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #2,294 | 81 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,081 | 93 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #2,032 | 95 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #2,597 | 69 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #3,303 | 49 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,779 | 64 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #3,222 | 52 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,380 | 28 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1896
The first year at least five girls were named Lotus! It came in at #999, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lotus is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Georgia#915 · 1 in 4,521
- Virginia#1,037 · 1 in 5,624
- North Carolina#1,138 · 1 in 6,640
- California#1,409 · 1 in 10,108
- New York#1,526 · 1 in 9,791
Best ever in a state: #378 in Nevada, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| North Carolina | #1,138 | 7 | 1 in 6,640 |
| California | #1,409 | 16 | 1 in 10,108 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| Texas | #2,386 | 8 | 1 in 20,068 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lotus
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 170 spots since 2024 (#1,648 → #1,818)
- 297 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #1,818)
- Biggest drop: 556 spots in 1897
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1896 at #999 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1896
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,461
- Highest: 1 in 11,461 girls born in 2023 were named Lotus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,612 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #999 in 1896, was only 1 in 21,629 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 30.2% of all girls named Lotus (834) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #999 (1896) | #1,277 |
| 1900s | 26 | #1,136 (1901) | #1,677 |
| 1910s | 160 | #1,380 (1916) | #1,696 |
| 1920s | 213 | #1,504 (1925) | #1,893 |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,685 (1932) | #2,062 |
| 1940s | 89 | #2,109 (1940) | #3,291 |
| 1950s | 77 | #2,781 (1950) | #4,416 |
| 1960s | 23 | #5,168 (1960) | #6,027 |
| 1970s | 46 | #4,154 (1976) | #6,073 |
| 1980s | 34 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,927 |
| 1990s | 56 | #8,334 (1997) | #10,160 |
| 2000s | 314 | #2,779 (2009) | #5,045 |
| 2010s | 834 | #1,779 (2017) | #2,349 |
| 2020s | 717 | #1,516 (2021) | #1,731 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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See where Lotus ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: