Lu
#2,816 most common girls' name of all time · #4,823 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1886–2025
Rank among girls
#2,816
Rank overall
#4,823 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
4,081
Since 2016
85
Peak year
1954 #442
Best rank
#442 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 394/yr
Lu first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,982 |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,160 |
| 2023 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,016 |
| 2022 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #10,418 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #12,194 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,610 |
| 2018 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,745 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,176 |
| 2016 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,139 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,619 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,936 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,499 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,904 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,756 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,599 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,828 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,234 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,516 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,387 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,197 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,315 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,224 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,546 |
| 1971 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,283 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,463 |
| 1969 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,029 |
| 1968 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,216 |
| 1967 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,858 |
| 1966 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,719 |
| 1965 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,925 |
| 1964 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,272 |
| 1963 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,184 |
| 1962 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,069 |
| 1961 | 146 | — | 146 | #890 |
| 1960 | 169 | — | 169 | #788 |
| 1959 | 178 | — | 178 | #763 |
| 1958 | 205 | — | 205 | #693 |
| 1957 | 228 | — | 228 | #651 |
| 1956 | 302 | — | 302 | #538 |
| 1955 | 276 | — | 276 | #549 |
| 1954 | 394 | — | 394 | #442 |
| 1953 | 319 | — | 319 | #484 |
| 1952 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,374 |
| 1951 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,851 |
| 1950 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,439 |
| 1949 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,325 |
| 1948 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,555 |
| 1947 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,423 |
| 1946 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,543 |
| 1945 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,197 |
| 1944 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,674 |
| 1943 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,451 |
| 1942 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,332 |
| 1941 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,192 |
| 1940 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1939 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,385 |
| 1938 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,279 |
| 1937 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,239 |
| 1936 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,031 |
| 1935 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,090 |
| 1934 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,014 |
| 1933 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1932 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,399 |
| 1931 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,607 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,471 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,470 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,517 |
| 1927 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,570 |
| 1926 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,024 |
| 1925 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,719 |
| 1924 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,086 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,963 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,655 |
| 1921 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,539 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,761 |
| 1919 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #2,302 |
| 1918 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #2,556 |
| 1917 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,342 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,535 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,485 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,895 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,702 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,709 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,210 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,030 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,900 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,034 |
| 1905 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,607 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,376 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,685 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,453 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,371 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,522 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,296 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,018 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,023 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,095 |