Lu
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 394 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,046since 1886
Lu over time
Rank among girls' names. Lu has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,715 | 43 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,914 | 36 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,265 | 76 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,184 | 85 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,066 | 102 | — | |
| 1961 | #888 | 146 | — | |
| 1960 | #786 | 169 | — | |
| 1959 | #762 | 178 | — | |
| 1958 | #690 | 205 | — | |
| 1957 | #651 | 228 | — | |
| 1956 | #537 | 302 | — | |
| 1955 | #549 | 276 | — | |
| 1954 | #442 | 394 | — | |
| 1953 | #483 | 319 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,378 | 29 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,559 | 28 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lu! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lu is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#343 · 1 in 3,146
- North Carolina#418 · 1 in 3,752
- Minnesota#520 · 1 in 7,727
- Pennsylvania#593 · 1 in 9,254
- Indiana#603 · 1 in 8,318
Best ever in a state: #160 in Utah, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #343 | 9 | 1 in 3,146 |
| North Carolina | #418 | 13 | 1 in 3,752 |
| Minnesota | #520 | 5 | 1 in 7,727 |
| Pennsylvania | #593 | 12 | 1 in 9,254 |
| Indiana | #603 | 6 | 1 in 8,318 |
| Ohio | #629 | 12 | 1 in 8,687 |
| New Jersey | #641 | 6 | 1 in 9,787 |
| Illinois | #688 | 11 | 1 in 9,693 |
| New York | #963 | 9 | 1 in 18,663 |
| Texas | #1,116 | 7 | 1 in 15,965 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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 Lu
- 810 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #11,932)
- 210 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 885 spots in 1953 (#1,368 → #483)
- Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1888 (#937 → #1,276)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1954 at #442 (394 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1953–1961
- Highest: 1 in 4,929 girls born in 1954 were named Lu (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 50.0% of all girls named Lu (2,021) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #937 (1887) | #1,039 |
| 1890s | 30 | #1,213 (1891) | #1,385 |
| 1900s | 33 | #1,319 (1900) | #1,717 |
| 1910s | 97 | #1,656 (1911) | #2,472 |
| 1920s | 191 | #1,502 (1928) | #2,105 |
| 1930s | 323 | #1,005 (1934) | #1,376 |
| 1940s | 370 | #1,184 (1941) | #1,396 |
| 1950s | 2,021 | #442 (1954) | #876 |
| 1960s | 747 | #786 (1960) | #1,588 |
| 1970s | 100 | #3,266 (1971) | #5,750 |
| 1980s | 25 | #6,789 (1980) | #9,708 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,430 (1994) | #13,430 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 36 | #10,113 (2016) | #14,812 |
| 2020s | 42 | #8,989 (2023) | #10,914 |
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.
Lu in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 13,825 of them was named Lu, which outranked 88.2% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).