Luna
#27 for girls in 2025, 6,076 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 8,977 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 87,715since 1880
Luna over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #27 | 6,076 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #13 | 7,164 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #10 | 7,853 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #10 | 8,977 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #11 | 8,241 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #14 | 7,850 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #16 | 7,800 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #23 | 6,937 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #37 | 5,356 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #77 | 3,688 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #112 | 2,809 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #142 | 2,341 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #183 | 1,747 | — | |
| 2012 | #225 | 1,414 | — | |
| 2011 | #279 | 1,145 | — | |
| 2010 | #342 | 942 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #324 | 1,015 | — | |
| 2008 | #397 | 808 | — | |
| 2007 | #452 | 713 | — | |
| 2006 | #512 | 592 | — | |
| 2005 | #594 | 477 | — | |
| 2004 | #724 | 369 | — | |
| 2003 | #886 | 272 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,156 | 178 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,206 | 169 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,318 | 144 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,548 | 109 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,587 | 103 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,707 | 91 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,014 | 69 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,516 | 50 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,627 | 47 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,160 | 44 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,005 | 56 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,078 | 50 | — | |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,087 | 47 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #1,091 | 45 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,002 | 49 | — | |
| 1916 | #887 | 58 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #878 | 44 | — | |
| 1913 | #913 | 34 | — | |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 | — | |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | — | |
| 1910 | #691 | 38 | — | |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 | — | |
| 1908 | #602 | 39 | — | |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | — | |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 | — | |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | — | |
| 1904 | #629 | 30 | — | |
| 1903 | #628 | 28 | — | |
| 1902 | #583 | 32 | — | |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 | — | |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 | — | |
| 1899 | #550 | 30 | — | |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 | — | |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 | — | |
| 1896 | #594 | 27 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #527 | 30 | — | |
| 1893 | #535 | 27 | — | |
| 1892 | #554 | 25 | — | |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 | — | |
| 1890 | #538 | 24 | — | |
| 1889 | #589 | 19 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #471 | 22 | — | |
| 1886 | #491 | 20 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | — | |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #393 | 18 | — | |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Luna was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Luna is popular in 1910
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#320 · 1 in 2,599
- Texas#501 · 1 in 3,863
Best ever in a state: #3 in Hawaii, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #320 | 6 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Texas | #501 | 5 | 1 in 3,863 |
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| 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 Luna
- 14 spots since 2024 (#13 → #27)
- 13 spots since 2020 (#14 → #27)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#112 → #27)
- Biggest jump: 270 spots in 2003 (#1,156 → #886)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1911 (#691 → #898)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2022 at #10 (8,977 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 2 yrs · run 2022–2023
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1883–1914
- Highest: 1 in 183 girls born in 2022 were named Luna (0.55%)
- Latest: 1 in 265 girls born in 2025 (0.38%)
- 52.6% of all girls named Luna (46,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 168 | #393 (1881) | #488 |
| 1890s | 278 | #477 (1897) | #551 |
| 1900s | 298 | #583 (1902) | #652 |
| 1910s | 409 | #691 (1910) | #938 |
| 1920s | 414 | #946 (1921) | #1,258 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,382 (1932) | #1,989 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,117 (1942) | #3,186 |
| 1950s | 44 | #4,011 (1951) | #5,080 |
| 1960s | 29 | #4,198 (1969) | #5,630 |
| 1970s | 67 | #4,761 (1970) | #6,597 |
| 1980s | 115 | #4,522 (1989) | #6,428 |
| 1990s | 552 | #1,548 (1999) | #3,108 |
| 2000s | 4,737 | #324 (2009) | #757 |
| 2010s | 34,179 | #16 (2019) | #144 |
| 2020s | 46,161 | #10 (2022) | #14 |
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.
Luna in 1910
Top girls' names in 1910
More about 1910
girls
396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 10,434 of them was named Luna, which outranked 75.2% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).