Lue

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 90.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 46 births
Debut · girls
19 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,474
since 1880

Lue over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #305, 1886peak #653, 1881girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013#12,1365
2012
2011
2010
2009#12,4915
2008
2007#10,9216
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000#7,4168
1999
1998
1997#6,6188
1996#7,1367
1995#5,9289
1994#4,80312
1993#5,36010
1992#6,1288
1991#4,76011
1990#3,30918
1989#3,61815
1988#4,7869
1987#6,0896
1986#3,88211
1985#10,6775#3,21614
1984
1983#4,9077
1982#5,6196
1981#3,22113
1980
1979#4,8427
1978
1977#9,6525#5,1236
1976#8,1566
1975
1974
1973#6,0808
1972#4,79311
1971#5,5439
1970#3,87215#4,7245
1969#4,41811
1968#3,78913#4,1365
1967#3,34015
1966#3,40014
1965#3,73312
1964#2,07133
1963#2,42425
1962#2,16330
1961#1,76842
1960#1,63747#2,8719
1959#1,67243
1958#1,60644
1957#1,39857
1956#1,43754#2,62810
1955#1,10282#3,8865
1954#1,05786#2,59210
1953#1,06482#3,1437
1952#1,26956#2,07314
1951#1,18362#2,8448
1950#1,19260#2,7708
1949#1,05672#3,2986
1948#1,01574#3,0107
1947#90796#3,3706
1946#88189#3,5255
1945#77992#3,3385
1944#81288#1,98813
1943#83886#2,40510
1942#689116#1,86715
1941#664114#2,6568
1940#657113#2,8717
1939#70593#3,4805
1938#671105#2,8687
1937#680100#2,19711
1936#627111#2,8547
1935#611114#2,5299
1934#562130#1,65818
1933#65999#2,36810
1932#612116#2,6389
1931#656102#2,32811
1930#597133#2,44411
1929#586138#2,09614
1928#611133#3,3577
1927#604138#2,29813
1926#644125#2,9049
1925#589150#2,75510
1924#598154#2,47312
1923#574156#2,44612
1922#592148#2,34713
1921#681118#3,2148
1920#628130#2,60211
1919#543160#1,97316
1918#647118#2,69910
1917#605127#2,28012
1916#667104#2,7309
1915#648104#2,31011
1914#64281#3,2645
1913#55186#2,8215
1912#55577
1911#45980
1910#48770
1909#51653
1908#52748
1907#45861#1,2006
1906#51445
1905#48848
1904#54537
1903#45150
1902#40857
1901#51335
1900#45754#1,1626
1899#51433
1898#54434
1897#49135
1896#52832
1895#44041
1894#53529#9546
1893#43936
1892#46534
1891#44732#8416
1890#47530#8846
1889#42133#9745
1888#45130#1,0315
1887#43526
1886#30546
1885#37330
1884#35831
1883#42320
1882#34127#6918
1881#36021#6538
1880#37519
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lue was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1974–1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lue is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedKSArkansas: #328 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsARTennessee: #299 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,442 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,093 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #272 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,984 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #314 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,117 girlsLAMississippi: #207 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,052 girlsMSAlabama: #258 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,762 girlsALGeorgia: #277 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,022 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedHITexas: #571 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,961 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lue, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#207 · 1 in 1,052
  2. Alabama#258 · 1 in 1,762
  3. South Carolina#272 · 1 in 1,984
  4. Georgia#277 · 1 in 2,022
  5. Tennessee#299 · 1 in 2,442

Best ever in a state: #131 in Mississippi, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#207211 in 1,052
Alabama#258171 in 1,762
South Carolina#272101 in 1,984
Georgia#277151 in 2,022
Tennessee#299111 in 2,442
Louisiana#314101 in 2,117
Arkansas#32891 in 2,106
North Carolina#49051 in 7,093
Texas#571121 in 4,961
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West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lue
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
  • Biggest jump: 105 spots in 1902 (#513#408)
  • Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1943 (#689#838)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #305 (46 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 79 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,142
  • Highest: 1 in 3,142 girls born in 1886 were named Lue (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,166 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.5% of all girls named Lue (1,390) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1977
  • Mostly girls until 1976, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s283#305 (1886)#384
1890s336#439 (1893)#488
1900s488#408 (1902)#488
1910s1,007#459 (1911)#580
1920s1,390#574 (1923)#611
1930s1,103#562 (1934)#638
1940s940#657 (1940)#830
1950s626#1,057 (1954)#1,298
1960s242#1,637 (1960)#2,874
1970s54#3,872 (1970)#6,349
1980s5#10,677 (1985)#10,677

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.

Lue in 1930

girls
#597
133 births · 1 in 8,466 girls
boys
#2,444
11 births · 1 in 99,762 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #597Lue133

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #2,444Lue11
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 8,466 of them was named Lue, which outranked 88.6% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lue
  1. #593Carlene134
  2. #593Roselyn134
  3. #593Vida134
  4. #597Lue133
  5. #597Erna133
  6. #597Justine133
  7. #600Carolina132
  8. #600Georgette132
  9. #600Ladonna132

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 99,762 of them was named Lue, which outranked 46.2% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lue
  1. #2,293Tyrus12
  2. #2,293Wilferd12
  3. #2,293Willmer12
  4. #2,444Lue11
  5. #2,444Addie11
  6. #2,444Aden11
  7. #2,444Albion11
  8. #2,609Adalberto10
  9. #2,609Agnes10
  10. #2,609Aldrich10

Tied with 164 names at #2,444; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930