Lulu

#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births

Peak · girls
1881 · 313 births
Debut · girls
249 births
In top 100 · girls
7 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,709
since 1880

Lulu over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #76, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,16750
2024#3,33547
2023#2,73063
2022#2,68964
2021#2,75162
2020#2,77959
2019#2,89157
2018#2,71163
2017#2,63566
2016#3,22950
2015#2,89060
2014#3,13752
2013#2,90358
2012#3,09454
2011#3,09254
2010#3,20351
2009#3,80041
2008#2,95759
2007#3,32950
2006#4,57631
2005#4,95826
2004#5,55522
2003#4,80426
2002#6,39217
2001#6,61916
2000#7,15814
1999#6,48415
1998#6,71914
1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
1995#8,7669
1994#10,5697
1993#11,7806
1992—
1991#7,43011
1990#11,4096
1989—
1988#11,7985
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984#9,1446
1983#7,3128
1982#9,2376
1981#9,1106
1980—
1979#5,09213
1978#8,5626
1977#6,8928
1976#6,6118
1975#7,1737
1974#4,22714
1973#4,15514
1972#3,71416
1971#3,94315
1970#4,49212
1969#4,72310
1968#3,45615
1967#3,48414
1966#3,74012
1965#3,14916
1964#3,51514
1963#4,01911
1962#2,92218
1961#2,95718
1960#2,98917
1959#2,10829
1958#2,37623
1957#2,48621
1956#2,45321
1955#2,55319
1954#2,18624
1953#2,59517
1952#2,20022
1951#2,69415
1950#2,05322
1949#1,76729
1948#1,95324
1947#2,08922
1946#2,02421
1945#2,14916
1944#1,54528
1943#1,62527
1942#1,63026
1941#1,15142
1940#1,13241
1939#96054
1938#87564
1937#99250
1936#69592
1935#72386
1934#83966
1933#1,07642
1932#86265
1931#92057
1930#84771
1929#79878
1928#80579
1927#678114
1926#673116
1925#688114
1924#698113
1923#629137
1922#635133
1921#566160
1920#532177
1919#497183
1918#502183
1917#518166
1916#451198
1915#478167
1914#428158
1913#484110
1912#414125
1911#45082
1910#368112
1909#323123
1908#322120
1907#308127
1906#313115
1905#297126
1904#256151
1903#285122
1902#240161
1901#247135
1900#227196
1899#209179
1898#203209
1897#196199
1896#181228
1895#165258
1894#155278
1893#136304
1892#133325
1891#124315
1890#111364
1889#112341
1888#105367
1887#103322
1886#90376
1885#85360
1884#86344
1883#88302
1882#93279
1881#76313
1880#86249
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lulu was already there! It came in at #86, and was given to 249 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lulu is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lulu
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 168 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,167)
  • 388 spots since 2020 (#2,779 → #3,167)
  • 277 spots since 2015 (#2,890 → #3,167)
  • Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1934 (#1,076 → #839)
  • Biggest drop: 297 spots in 1937 (#695 → #992)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #76 (313 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1880–1886
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1880–1932
Share of babies · girls
1 in 294
  • Highest: 1 in 294 girls born in 1881 were named Lulu (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1880s
  • 25.6% of all girls named Lulu (3,253) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,253#76 (1881)#92
1890s2,659#111 (1890)#161
1900s1,376#227 (1900)#282
1910s1,484#368 (1910)#459
1920s1,221#532 (1920)#670
1930s647#695 (1936)#879
1940s276#1,132 (1940)#1,707
1950s213#2,053 (1950)#2,370
1960s145#2,922 (1962)#3,495
1970s113#3,714 (1972)#5,486
1980s31#7,312 (1983)#9,320
1990s79#6,484 (1999)#9,861
2000s302#2,957 (2008)#5,015
2010s565#2,635 (2017)#2,979
2020s345#2,689 (2022)#2,909

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.

Lulu in 1886

girls
#90
376 births · 1 in 384 girls

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #90Lulu376
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 384 of them was named Lulu, which outranked 93.0% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lulu
  1. #87Lydia392
  2. #88Willie388
  3. #89Kathryn383
  4. #90Lulu376
  5. #91Amanda370
  6. #91Caroline370
  7. #93Emily369
Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 441Felicia#1,047 → #606
  2. ↑ 414Arminda#1,047 → #633
  3. ↑ 414Fronie#1,047 → #633
  4. ↑ 390Zettie#1,047 → #657
  5. ↑ 365Vergie#921 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 532Cordia#576 → #1,108
  2. ↓ 532Dicie#576 → #1,108
  3. ↓ 532Johnie#576 → #1,108
  4. ↓ 500Philomene#608 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 479Malissie#629 → #1,108

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

See the top 100 for 1886 →