Luna

#27 for girls in 2025, 6,076 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2022 · 8,977 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
87,715
since 1880

Luna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #10, 2022girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#276,076#8,2439
2024#137,164#8,3129
2023#107,853#8,2559
2022#108,977#5,87415
2021#118,241#7,08911
2020#147,850#7,03411
2019#167,800#8,2159
2018#236,937#12,1565
2017#375,356#8,8408
2016#773,688#10,7446
2015#1122,809#12,0865
2014#1422,341#12,1085
2013#1831,747
2012#2251,414
2011#2791,145
2010#342942#9,6937
2009#3241,015
2008#397808
2007#452713
2006#512592
2005#594477
2004#724369
2003#886272
2002#1,156178
2001#1,206169
2000#1,318144
1999#1,548109
1998#1,587103
1997#1,70791
1996#2,01469
1995#2,51650
1994#2,62747
1993#4,39323
1992#4,52822
1991#4,32923
1990#5,83515
1989#4,52220
1988#5,06516
1987#11,3255
1986#5,45913
1985#7,5638
1984#5,89911
1983#6,7059
1982#5,53412
1981#5,88511
1980#6,31910
1979#7,3138
1978#7,6497
1977#6,8928
1976#6,6118
1975#5,9849
1974#8,7755
1973
1972#4,79311
1971
1970#4,76111
1969#4,19812
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964#6,7675
1963
1962#5,8606
1961
1960#5,6966
1959
1958#6,1035
1957#4,5368
1956#5,9525
1955
1954#4,6557
1953
1952#5,5635
1951#4,0118
1950#4,7386
1949#3,8928
1948#3,5939
1947
1946#4,4176
1945#3,3888
1944#2,62512
1943#3,04010
1942#2,11717
1941#2,39713
1940#3,2088
1939#2,41712
1938#2,44712
1937#1,99916
1936#2,38612
1935#1,77919
1934#2,08715
1933#1,77319
1932#1,38229
1931#1,87618
1930#1,74821
1929#1,28234
1928#1,50228
1927#1,27838
1926#1,83022
1925#1,16044
1924#1,40934
1923#1,00556
1922#1,07850
1921#94661
1920#1,08747
1919#1,04248#4,1685
1918#1,09145
1917#1,00249
1916#88758
1915#1,07539#3,8255
1914#87844
1913#91334
1912#90331
1911#89823
1910#69138
1909#77327
1908#60239
1907#64933
1906#71626
1905#64230
1904#62930
1903#62828
1902#58332
1901#65923
1900#63930
1899#55030
1898#57132
1897#47736
1896#59427
1895#63823
1894#52730
1893#53527
1892#55425
1891#52424
1890#53824
1889#58919
1888#51224
1887#47122
1886#49120
1885#55715
1884#47918
1883#46517
1882
1881#39318
1880#43515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Luna was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Luna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#13#27)
  • 13 spots since 2020 (#14#27)
  • 85 spots since 2015 (#112#27)
  • Biggest jump: 270 spots in 2003 (#1,156#886)
  • Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1911 (#691#898)
Rise & fade · girls
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #10 (8,977 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: 2 yrs · run 2022–2023
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1883–1914
Share of babies · girls
1 in 183
  • Highest: 1 in 183 girls born in 2022 were named Luna (0.55%)
  • Latest: 1 in 265 girls born in 2025 (0.38%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 52.6% of all girls named Luna (46,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s168#393 (1881)#488
1890s278#477 (1897)#551
1900s298#583 (1902)#652
1910s409#691 (1910)#938
1920s414#946 (1921)#1,258
1930s173#1,382 (1932)#1,989
1940s91#2,117 (1942)#3,186
1950s44#4,011 (1951)#5,080
1960s29#4,198 (1969)#5,630
1970s67#4,761 (1970)#6,597
1980s115#4,522 (1989)#6,428
1990s552#1,548 (1999)#3,108
2000s4,737#324 (2009)#757
2010s34,179#16 (2019)#144
2020s46,161#10 (2022)#14

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.

Luna in 1889

girls
#589
19 births · 1 in 9,388 girls

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #589Luna19
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 9,388 of them was named Luna, which outranked 60.2% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luna
  1. #567Lutie20
  2. #567Sadye20
  3. #567Tressie20
  4. #589Luna19
  5. #589Adell19
  6. #589Alda19
  7. #589Estell19
  8. #600Altha18
  9. #600Bula18
  10. #600Cathryn18

Tied with 10 names at #589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 635Hellen#1,276#641
  2. 569Diana#1,136#567
  3. 536Hope#1,136#600
  4. 519Adelle#1,276#757
  5. 519Ova#1,276#757
Fallers
  1. 667Zilpha#612#1,279
  2. 643Lular#636#1,279
  3. 616Dagmar#663#1,279
  4. 589Savanah#690#1,279
  5. 555Harry#724#1,279

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

See the top 100 for 1889