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.

Lulu

#1,411 most common girls' name of all time · #2,443 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#1,411
Rank overall
#2,443 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
12,709
Since 2016
581
Peak year
1886 #90
Best rank
#76 1881
Girls Boys peak 376/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lulu is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 50 — 50 #3,167
2024 47 — 47 #3,335
2023 63 — 63 #2,730
2022 64 — 64 #2,690
2021 62 — 62 #2,751
2020 59 — 59 #2,780
2019 57 — 57 #2,891
2018 63 — 63 #2,711
2017 66 — 66 #2,635
2016 50 — 50 #3,230
2015 60 — 60 #2,890
2014 52 — 52 #3,137
2013 58 — 58 #2,904
2012 54 — 54 #3,094
2011 54 — 54 #3,092
2010 51 — 51 #3,203
2009 41 — 41 #3,800
2008 59 — 59 #2,957
2007 50 — 50 #3,329
2006 31 — 31 #4,576
2005 26 — 26 #4,958
2004 22 — 22 #5,555
2003 26 — 26 #4,804
2002 17 — 17 #6,393
2001 16 — 16 #6,619
2000 14 — 14 #7,159
1999 15 — 15 #6,485
1998 14 — 14 #6,719
1997 6 — 6 #12,071
1996 5 — 5 #13,518
1995 9 — 9 #8,769
1994 7 — 7 #10,569
1993 6 — 6 #11,780
1991 11 — 11 #7,430
1990 6 — 6 #11,409
1988 5 — 5 #11,798
1984 6 — 6 #9,145
1983 8 — 8 #7,312
1982 6 — 6 #9,237
1981 6 — 6 #9,110
1979 13 — 13 #5,092
1978 6 — 6 #8,562
1977 8 — 8 #6,892
1976 8 — 8 #6,611
1975 7 — 7 #7,173
1974 14 — 14 #4,228
1973 14 — 14 #4,155
1972 16 — 16 #3,714
1971 15 — 15 #3,943
1970 12 — 12 #4,492
1969 10 — 10 #4,723
1968 15 — 15 #3,456
1967 14 — 14 #3,484
1966 12 — 12 #3,740
1965 16 — 16 #3,149
1964 14 — 14 #3,515
1963 11 — 11 #4,019
1962 18 — 18 #2,922
1961 18 — 18 #2,957
1960 17 — 17 #2,989
1959 29 — 29 #2,108
1958 23 — 23 #2,376
1957 21 — 21 #2,486
1956 21 — 21 #2,453
1955 19 — 19 #2,553
1954 24 — 24 #2,186
1953 17 — 17 #2,595
1952 22 — 22 #2,200
1951 15 — 15 #2,694
1950 22 — 22 #2,053
1949 29 — 29 #1,767
1948 24 — 24 #1,953
1947 22 — 22 #2,089
1946 21 — 21 #2,024
1945 16 — 16 #2,149
1944 28 — 28 #1,545
1943 27 — 27 #1,625
1942 26 — 26 #1,630
1941 42 — 42 #1,151
1940 41 — 41 #1,132
1939 54 — 54 #960
1938 64 — 64 #875
1937 50 — 50 #992
1936 92 — 92 #695
1935 86 — 86 #723
1934 66 — 66 #839
1933 42 — 42 #1,076
1932 65 — 65 #863
1931 57 — 57 #920
1930 71 — 71 #847
1929 78 — 78 #798
1928 79 — 79 #806
1927 114 — 114 #678
1926 116 — 116 #673
1925 114 — 114 #688
1924 113 — 113 #698
1923 137 — 137 #629
1922 133 — 133 #635
1921 160 — 160 #566
1920 177 — 177 #532
1919 183 — 183 #497
1918 183 — 183 #502
1917 166 — 166 #518
1916 198 — 198 #451
1915 167 — 167 #478
1914 158 — 158 #428
1913 110 — 110 #484
1912 125 — 125 #414
1911 82 — 82 #450
1910 112 — 112 #368
1909 123 — 123 #323
1908 120 — 120 #322
1907 127 — 127 #308
1906 115 — 115 #313
1905 126 — 126 #297
1904 151 — 151 #256
1903 122 — 122 #285
1902 161 — 161 #240
1901 135 — 135 #247
1900 196 — 196 #227
1899 179 — 179 #209
1898 209 — 209 #203
1897 199 — 199 #196
1896 228 — 228 #181
1895 258 — 258 #165
1894 278 — 278 #155
1893 304 — 304 #136
1892 325 — 325 #133
1891 315 — 315 #124
1890 364 — 364 #111
1889 341 — 341 #112
1888 367 — 367 #105
1887 322 — 322 #103
1886 376 — 376 #90
1885 360 — 360 #85
1884 344 — 344 #87
1883 302 — 302 #88
1882 279 — 279 #93
1881 313 — 313 #76
1880 249 — 249 #86