Lum
Last seen for boys in 1961 at #4,065
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 493since 1880
Lum over time
Rank among boys' names. Lum 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 | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #641 | 11 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #505 | 15 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #450 | 17 |
| 1883 | #479 | 14 |
| 1882 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #600 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lum was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lum is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Lum
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1888 (#679 → #505)
- Biggest drop: 315 spots in 1885 (#450 → #765)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #450 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1880–1892
- Highest: 1 in 6,732 boys born in 1884 were named Lum (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 424,839 boys born in 1961 (0.00%)
- 21.3% of all boys named Lum (105) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 105 | #450 (1884) | #621 |
| 1890s | 71 | #641 (1892) | #802 |
| 1900s | 50 | #858 (1901) | #1,005 |
| 1910s | 56 | #1,580 (1913) | #2,607 |
| 1920s | 92 | #1,966 (1920) | #2,678 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,313 (1932) | #2,855 |
| 1940s | 36 | #2,356 (1947) | #2,971 |
| 1950s | 22 | #3,329 (1950) | #3,627 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,065 (1961) | #4,065 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lum in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
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112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 16,108 of them was named Lum, which outranked 30.7% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).