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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #10, 2022girls
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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#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—
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1958#6,1035—
1957#4,5368—
1956#5,9525—
1955——
1954#4,6557—
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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—
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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.

Where Luna is popular in 1891

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1891

girls
#524
24 births · 1 in 7,728 girls

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #524Luna24
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 7,728 of them was named Luna, which outranked 65.8% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luna
  1. #514Sybil25
  2. #514Thelma25
  3. #514Tommie25
  4. #524Luna24
  5. #524Besse24
  6. #524Beth24
  7. #524Carol24
  8. #541Adella23
  9. #541Belva23
  10. #541Camille23

Tied with 16 names at #524; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 588Aurore#1,338 → #750
  2. ↑ 588Zelpha#1,338 → #750
  3. ↑ 499Leva#1,338 → #839
  4. ↑ 499Vira#1,338 → #839
  5. ↑ 483Sister#1,210 → #727
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Prudie#758 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 571Delila#642 → #1,213
  3. ↓ 541Elmina#791 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 541Tinnie#791 → #1,332
  5. ↓ 520Dorcas#693 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1891 →