Lotus
#1,818 for girls in 2025, 110 births · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to girls 92.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,766since 1896
Lotus over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #1,818 | 110 | #4,539 | 22 |
| 2024 | #1,648 | 125 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #1,524 | 140 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #1,763 | 117 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #1,516 | 139 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #2,115 | 86 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #2,140 | 87 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #1,953 | 101 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #1,779 | 117 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #2,149 | 90 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #2,294 | 81 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,081 | 93 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #2,032 | 95 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #2,597 | 69 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #3,303 | 49 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,779 | 64 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #3,222 | 52 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,118 | 34 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,380 | 28 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lotus! It came in at #999, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lotus
- 170 spots since 2024 (#1,648 → #1,818)
- 297 spots since 2020 (#2,115 → #1,818)
- 476 spots since 2015 (#2,294 → #1,818)
- Biggest drop: 556 spots in 1897 (#999 → #1,555)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1896 at #999 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1896
- Highest: 1 in 11,461 girls born in 2023 were named Lotus (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,612 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #999 in 1896, was only 1 in 21,629 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.2% of all girls named Lotus (834) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #999 (1896) | #1,277 |
| 1900s | 26 | #1,136 (1901) | #1,677 |
| 1910s | 160 | #1,380 (1916) | #1,696 |
| 1920s | 213 | #1,504 (1925) | #1,893 |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,685 (1932) | #2,062 |
| 1940s | 89 | #2,109 (1940) | #3,291 |
| 1950s | 77 | #2,781 (1950) | #4,416 |
| 1960s | 23 | #5,168 (1960) | #6,027 |
| 1970s | 46 | #4,154 (1976) | #6,073 |
| 1980s | 34 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,927 |
| 1990s | 56 | #8,334 (1997) | #10,160 |
| 2000s | 314 | #2,779 (2009) | #5,045 |
| 2010s | 834 | #1,779 (2017) | #2,349 |
| 2020s | 717 | #1,516 (2021) | #1,731 |
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.
Lotus in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,805 of them was named Lotus, which outranked 91.4% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,506Lula140
- #1,506Storm140
- #1,506Vivianne140
- #1,516Lotus139
- #1,516Aryana139
- #1,516Calista139
- #1,516Gitty139
- #1,524Adalie138
- #1,524Amor138
- #1,524Anaiah138
Tied with 7 names at #1,516; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 67,288 of them was named Lotus, which outranked 71.5% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,912Zalman27
- #3,912Zaylan27
- #3,912Zyhir27
- #4,011Lotus26
- #4,011Adonias26
- #4,011Advay26
- #4,011Adyn26
- #4,118Aaryav25
- #4,118Abdulloh25
- #4,118Adhvik25
Tied with 106 names at #4,011; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.