Lue

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 90.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 46 births
Debut · girls
19 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,474
since 1880

Lue over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #305, 1886peak #653, 1881girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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2024——
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2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013—#12,1365
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009—#12,4915
2008——
2007—#10,9216
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003——
2002——
2001——
2000—#7,4168
1999——
1998——
1997—#6,6188
1996—#7,1367
1995—#5,9289
1994—#4,80312
1993—#5,36010
1992—#6,1288
1991—#4,76011
1990—#3,30918
1989—#3,61815
1988—#4,7869
1987—#6,0896
1986—#3,88211
1985#10,6775#3,21614
1984——
1983—#4,9077
1982—#5,6196
1981—#3,22113
1980——
1979—#4,8427
1978——
1977#9,6525#5,1236
1976#8,1566—
1975——
1974——
1973#6,0808—
1972#4,79311—
1971#5,5439—
1970#3,87215#4,7245
1969#4,41811—
1968#3,78913#4,1365
1967#3,34015—
1966#3,40014—
1965#3,73312—
1964#2,07133—
1963#2,42425—
1962#2,16330—
1961#1,76842—
1960#1,63747#2,8719
1959#1,67243—
1958#1,60644—
1957#1,39857—
1956#1,43754#2,62810
1955#1,10282#3,8865
1954#1,05786#2,59210
1953#1,06482#3,1437
1952#1,26956#2,07314
1951#1,18362#2,8448
1950#1,19260#2,7708
1949#1,05672#3,2986
1948#1,01574#3,0107
1947#90796#3,3706
1946#88189#3,5255
1945#77992#3,3385
1944#81288#1,98813
1943#83886#2,40510
1942#689116#1,86715
1941#664114#2,6568
1940#657113#2,8717
1939#70593#3,4805
1938#671105#2,8687
1937#680100#2,19711
1936#627111#2,8547
1935#611114#2,5299
1934#562130#1,65818
1933#65999#2,36810
1932#612116#2,6389
1931#656102#2,32811
1930#597133#2,44411
1929#586138#2,09614
1928#611133#3,3577
1927#604138#2,29813
1926#644125#2,9049
1925#589150#2,75510
1924#598154#2,47312
1923#574156#2,44612
1922#592148#2,34713
1921#681118#3,2148
1920#628130#2,60211
1919#543160#1,97316
1918#647118#2,69910
1917#605127#2,28012
1916#667104#2,7309
1915#648104#2,31011
1914#64281#3,2645
1913#55186#2,8215
1912#55577—
1911#45980—
1910#48770—
1909#51653—
1908#52748—
1907#45861#1,2006
1906#51445—
1905#48848—
1904#54537—
1903#45150—
1902#40857—
1901#51335—
1900#45754#1,1626
1899#51433—
1898#54434—
1897#49135—
1896#52832—
1895#44041—
1894#53529#9546
1893#43936—
1892#46534—
1891#44732#8416
1890#47530#8846
1889#42133#9745
1888#45130#1,0315
1887#43526—
1886#30546—
1885#37330—
1884#35831—
1883#42320—
1882#34127#6918
1881#36021#6538
1880#37519—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lue was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1974–1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lue is popular in 1891

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lue
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
  • Biggest jump: 105 spots in 1902 (#513 → #408)
  • Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1943 (#689 → #838)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #305 (46 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 79 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,142
  • Highest: 1 in 3,142 girls born in 1886 were named Lue (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,166 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.5% of all girls named Lue (1,390) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1977
  • Mostly girls until 1976, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s283#305 (1886)#384
1890s336#439 (1893)#488
1900s488#408 (1902)#488
1910s1,007#459 (1911)#580
1920s1,390#574 (1923)#611
1930s1,103#562 (1934)#638
1940s940#657 (1940)#830
1950s626#1,057 (1954)#1,298
1960s242#1,637 (1960)#2,874
1970s54#3,872 (1970)#6,349
1980s5#10,677 (1985)#10,677

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.

Lue in 1891

girls
#447
32 births · 1 in 5,796 girls
boys
#841
6 births · 1 in 16,865 boys

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #447Lue32

Top boys' names in 1891

  1. #1John7,680
  2. #2William6,763
  3. #3James4,516
  4. #4George3,931
  5. #5Charles3,640
  6. #6Frank2,652
  7. #7Joseph2,572
  8. #8Robert2,240
  9. #9Harry2,132
  10. #10Henry2,049
  11. #841Lue6
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 5,796 of them was named Lue, which outranked 70.8% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lue
  1. #440Magdalene33
  2. #440Molly33
  3. #440Tena33
  4. #447Lue32
  5. #447Albina32
  6. #447Avis32
  7. #447Emmie32
  8. #457Aline31
  9. #457Almeda31
  10. #457Carmen31

Tied with 9 names at #447; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 588Aurore#1,338 → #750
  2. ↑ 588Zelpha#1,338 → #750
  3. ↑ 499Leva#1,338 → #839
  4. ↑ 499Vira#1,338 → #839
  5. ↑ 483Sister#1,210 → #727
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Prudie#758 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 571Delila#642 → #1,213
  3. ↓ 541Elmina#791 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 541Tinnie#791 → #1,332
  5. ↓ 520Dorcas#693 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

101,191 boys got a published name in 1891; 1 in 16,865 of them was named Lue, which outranked 25.4% of the 1,127 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lue
  1. #766Winfred7
  2. #766Wm7
  3. #766Wong7
  4. #841Lue6
  5. #841Adlai6
  6. #841Alec6
  7. #841Alger6
  8. #963Abb5
  9. #963Abbie5
  10. #963Add5

Tied with 121 names at #841; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 487Colonel#884 → #397
  2. ↑ 470Mahlon#994 → #524
  3. ↑ 457Hezekiah#884 → #427
  4. ↑ 430Ruby#994 → #564
  5. ↑ 397Essie#994 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Pierce#389 → #963
  2. ↓ 505Omar#458 → #963
  3. ↓ 452Benton#511 → #963
  4. ↓ 430Ivory#533 → #963
  5. ↓ 430Pleasant#533 → #963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891 →