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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #305, 1886peak #653, 1881girlsboys
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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.

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 1954

girls
#1,057
86 births · 1 in 22,580 girls
boys
#2,592
10 births · 1 in 203,875 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #1,057Lue86

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #2,592Lue10
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 22,580 of them was named Lue, which outranked 84.0% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lue
  1. #1,053Eliza87
  2. #1,053Herlinda87
  3. #1,053Kathey87
  4. #1,057Lue86
  5. #1,057Antionette86
  6. #1,057Ernestina86
  7. #1,057Fonda86
  8. #1,064Chrystal85
  9. #1,064Danita85
  10. #1,064Dara85

Tied with 6 names at #1,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 203,875 of them was named Lue, which outranked 40.6% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lue
  1. #2,449Wray11
  2. #2,449York11
  3. #2,449Zeb11
  4. #2,592Lue10
  5. #2,592Abundio10
  6. #2,592Adolf10
  7. #2,592Alice10
  8. #2,743Abdul9
  9. #2,743Abelino9
  10. #2,743Abran9

Tied with 150 names at #2,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954