Lulu
#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 313 births
- Debut · girls
- 249 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 7 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,709since 1880
Lulu over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,167 | 50 |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 47 |
| 2023 | #2,730 | 63 |
| 2022 | #2,689 | 64 |
| 2021 | #2,751 | 62 |
| 2020 | #2,779 | 59 |
| 2019 | #2,891 | 57 |
| 2018 | #2,711 | 63 |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 |
| 2016 | #3,229 | 50 |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 |
| 2013 | #2,903 | 58 |
| 2012 | #3,094 | 54 |
| 2011 | #3,092 | 54 |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #2,957 | 59 |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 |
| 1940 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 |
| 1937 | #992 | 50 |
| 1936 | #695 | 92 |
| 1935 | #723 | 86 |
| 1934 | #839 | 66 |
| 1933 | #1,076 | 42 |
| 1932 | #862 | 65 |
| 1931 | #920 | 57 |
| 1930 | #847 | 71 |
| 1929 | #798 | 78 |
| 1928 | #805 | 79 |
| 1927 | #678 | 114 |
| 1926 | #673 | 116 |
| 1925 | #688 | 114 |
| 1924 | #698 | 113 |
| 1923 | #629 | 137 |
| 1922 | #635 | 133 |
| 1921 | #566 | 160 |
| 1920 | #532 | 177 |
| 1919 | #497 | 183 |
| 1918 | #502 | 183 |
| 1917 | #518 | 166 |
| 1916 | #451 | 198 |
| 1915 | #478 | 167 |
| 1914 | #428 | 158 |
| 1913 | #484 | 110 |
| 1912 | #414 | 125 |
| 1911 | #450 | 82 |
| 1910 | #368 | 112 |
| 1909 | #323 | 123 |
| 1908 | #322 | 120 |
| 1907 | #308 | 127 |
| 1906 | #313 | 115 |
| 1905 | #297 | 126 |
| 1904 | #256 | 151 |
| 1903 | #285 | 122 |
| 1902 | #240 | 161 |
| 1901 | #247 | 135 |
| 1900 | #227 | 196 |
| 1899 | #209 | 179 |
| 1898 | #203 | 209 |
| 1897 | #196 | 199 |
| 1896 | #181 | 228 |
| 1895 | #165 | 258 |
| 1894 | #155 | 278 |
| 1893 | #136 | 304 |
| 1892 | #133 | 325 |
| 1891 | #124 | 315 |
| 1890 | #111 | 364 |
| 1889 | #112 | 341 |
| 1888 | #105 | 367 |
| 1887 | #103 | 322 |
| 1886 | #90 | 376 |
| 1885 | #85 | 360 |
| 1884 | #86 | 344 |
| 1883 | #88 | 302 |
| 1882 | #93 | 279 |
| 1881 | #76 | 313 |
| 1880 | #86 | 249 |
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 1918
- 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
- Kansas#291 · 1 in 2,278
- Missouri#292 · 1 in 2,364
- Nebraska#316 · 1 in 2,513
- Iowa#327 · 1 in 3,144
- Minnesota#337 · 1 in 3,217
Best ever in a state: #115 in Oregon, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #291 | 7 | 1 in 2,278 |
| Missouri | #292 | 13 | 1 in 2,364 |
| Nebraska | #316 | 5 | 1 in 2,513 |
| Iowa | #327 | 7 | 1 in 3,144 |
| Minnesota | #337 | 7 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Indiana | #358 | 6 | 1 in 4,326 |
| New Jersey | #358 | 5 | 1 in 6,328 |
| Pennsylvania | #369 | 16 | 1 in 6,223 |
| Illinois | #374 | 14 | 1 in 4,428 |
| Tennessee | #390 | 7 | 1 in 3,673 |
| Ohio | #392 | 10 | 1 in 5,452 |
| Wisconsin | #392 | 5 | 1 in 4,997 |
| Georgia | #394 | 9 | 1 in 3,814 |
| Michigan | #447 | 6 | 1 in 6,108 |
| New York | #462 | 11 | 1 in 9,196 |
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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 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,253 | #76 (1881) | #92 |
| 1890s | 2,659 | #111 (1890) | #161 |
| 1900s | 1,376 | #227 (1900) | #282 |
| 1910s | 1,484 | #368 (1910) | #459 |
| 1920s | 1,221 | #532 (1920) | #670 |
| 1930s | 647 | #695 (1936) | #879 |
| 1940s | 276 | #1,132 (1940) | #1,707 |
| 1950s | 213 | #2,053 (1950) | #2,370 |
| 1960s | 145 | #2,922 (1962) | #3,495 |
| 1970s | 113 | #3,714 (1972) | #5,486 |
| 1980s | 31 | #7,312 (1983) | #9,320 |
| 1990s | 79 | #6,484 (1999) | #9,861 |
| 2000s | 302 | #2,957 (2008) | #5,015 |
| 2010s | 565 | #2,635 (2017) | #2,979 |
| 2020s | 345 | #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 1918
girls
#502
183 births · 1 in 6,326 girls
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 6,326 of them was named Lulu, which outranked 91.0% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Lulu
- #499Lucinda185
- #499Magdalene185
- #501Syble184
- #502Lulu183
- #502Edwina183
- #504Maud182
- #504Yetta182
- #506Bennie181
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.