Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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