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
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 8,977 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 87,715since 1880
Luna over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #27 | 6,076 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #13 | 7,164 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #10 | 7,853 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #10 | 8,977 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #11 | 8,241 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | #14 | 7,850 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #16 | 7,800 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #23 | 6,937 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #37 | 5,356 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #77 | 3,688 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #112 | 2,809 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #142 | 2,341 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #183 | 1,747 | — | |
| 2012 | #225 | 1,414 | — | |
| 2011 | #279 | 1,145 | — | |
| 2010 | #342 | 942 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #324 | 1,015 | — | |
| 2008 | #397 | 808 | — | |
| 2007 | #452 | 713 | — | |
| 2006 | #512 | 592 | — | |
| 2005 | #594 | 477 | — | |
| 2004 | #724 | 369 | — | |
| 2003 | #886 | 272 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,156 | 178 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,206 | 169 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,318 | 144 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,548 | 109 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,587 | 103 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,707 | 91 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,014 | 69 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,516 | 50 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,627 | 47 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,160 | 44 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,005 | 56 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,078 | 50 | — | |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,087 | 47 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #1,091 | 45 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,002 | 49 | — | |
| 1916 | #887 | 58 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #878 | 44 | — | |
| 1913 | #913 | 34 | — | |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 | — | |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | — | |
| 1910 | #691 | 38 | — | |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 | — | |
| 1908 | #602 | 39 | — | |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | — | |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 | — | |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | — | |
| 1904 | #629 | 30 | — | |
| 1903 | #628 | 28 | — | |
| 1902 | #583 | 32 | — | |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 | — | |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 | — | |
| 1899 | #550 | 30 | — | |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 | — | |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 | — | |
| 1896 | #594 | 27 | — | |
| 1895 | #638 | 23 | — | |
| 1894 | #527 | 30 | — | |
| 1893 | #535 | 27 | — | |
| 1892 | #554 | 25 | — | |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 | — | |
| 1890 | #538 | 24 | — | |
| 1889 | #589 | 19 | — | |
| 1888 | #512 | 24 | — | |
| 1887 | #471 | 22 | — | |
| 1886 | #491 | 20 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | — | |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #393 | 18 | — | |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2022 at #10 (8,977 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 2 yrs · run 2022–2023
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1883–1914
- Highest: 1 in 183 girls born in 2022 were named Luna (0.55%)
- Latest: 1 in 265 girls born in 2025 (0.38%)
- 52.6% of all girls named Luna (46,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 168 | #393 (1881) | #488 |
| 1890s | 278 | #477 (1897) | #551 |
| 1900s | 298 | #583 (1902) | #652 |
| 1910s | 409 | #691 (1910) | #938 |
| 1920s | 414 | #946 (1921) | #1,258 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,382 (1932) | #1,989 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,117 (1942) | #3,186 |
| 1950s | 44 | #4,011 (1951) | #5,080 |
| 1960s | 29 | #4,198 (1969) | #5,630 |
| 1970s | 67 | #4,761 (1970) | #6,597 |
| 1980s | 115 | #4,522 (1989) | #6,428 |
| 1990s | 552 | #1,548 (1999) | #3,108 |
| 2000s | 4,737 | #324 (2009) | #757 |
| 2010s | 34,179 | #16 (2019) | #144 |
| 2020s | 46,161 | #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 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 204 of them was named Luna, which outranked 99.9% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 190,064 of them was named Luna, which outranked 41.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,738Zuhaib10
- #7,738Zy10
- #7,738Zymiere10
- #8,255Luna9
- #8,255Aadil9
- #8,255Aalam9
- #8,255Aarik9
- #8,921Aadhi8
- #8,921Aadith8
- #8,921Aadrik8
Tied with 665 names at #8,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.