Lupe

Where Lupe comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Lupe.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lupe
  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #1,047 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Lupe Sino born
    Spanish actress
  3. 1927
    Peak, #317
    443 babies named Lupe — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #624.
  5. 1955
    Lupe Pintor born
    Mexican boxer
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Lupe Sino · Spanish actress, 1917–1959
  • Lupe Pintor · Mexican boxer, born 1955
  • Lupe Valdez · American sheriff, born 1947
  • Lupe Serrano · American ballet dancer, 1930–2023
  • Lupe Aquino · Mexican boxer, born 1963

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.