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.

Lum

#7,335 most common boys' name of all time · #18,458 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1961

Rank among boys
#7,335
Rank overall
#18,458 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
493
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,975
Best rank
#466 1884
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
18801900192019401960

Lum 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
1961 — 5 5 #4,092
1958 — 6 6 #3,588
1955 — 5 5 #3,916
1952 — 5 5 #3,770
1950 — 6 6 #3,349
1949 — 7 7 #3,032
1947 — 11 11 #2,364
1946 — 7 7 #2,938
1944 — 5 5 #3,455
1940 — 6 6 #3,154
1939 — 6 6 #3,130
1937 — 9 9 #2,496
1936 — 5 5 #3,587
1933 — 6 6 #3,298
1932 — 11 11 #2,321
1931 — 9 9 #2,667
1930 — 10 10 #2,623
1928 — 12 12 #2,403
1927 — 8 8 #3,172
1926 — 5 5 #4,234
1924 — 14 14 #2,240
1923 — 14 14 #2,237
1922 — 11 11 #2,645
1921 — 11 11 #2,646
1920 — 17 17 #1,975
1919 — 11 11 #2,526
1918 — 13 13 #2,271
1917 — 6 6 #3,570
1915 — 8 8 #2,844
1914 — 6 6 #2,935
1913 — 12 12 #1,591
1909 — 11 11 #914
1906 — 6 6 #1,131
1905 — 7 7 #1,018
1904 — 6 6 #1,095
1902 — 5 5 #1,163
1901 — 7 7 #882
1900 — 8 8 #992
1899 — 6 6 #965
1898 — 6 6 #1,026
1897 — 7 7 #876
1896 — 8 8 #841
1895 — 7 7 #901
1894 — 10 10 #700
1892 — 11 11 #662
1891 — 7 7 #785
1890 — 9 9 #697
1889 — 7 7 #816
1888 — 15 15 #517
1887 — 8 8 #706
1886 — 8 8 #725
1885 — 7 7 #787
1884 — 17 17 #466
1883 — 14 14 #492
1882 — 12 12 #564
1881 — 7 7 #734
1880 — 10 10 #624