Lupe

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 75.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
#317
1927 · 443 births
Debut · girls
1885
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,621
since 1885

Lupe over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #317, 1927peak #496, 1945girlsboys
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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#13,2086#9,7147
2024#10,2719#9,8947
2023——
2022#15,3065—
2021#13,4646—
2020#15,0885—
2019#13,7996#9,7567
2018#12,4647#8,8198
2017#11,6158—
2016#11,7818#10,7446
2015#11,8358—
2014#8,48513#12,1085
2013——
2012#10,42910#10,7706
2011#14,8246—
2010#12,2768#10,7666
2009#8,05815—
2008#9,47612#6,76312
2007#7,73316#9,7887
2006#7,48216—
2005#7,13816#7,09610
2004#5,96920#5,24615
2003#15,7845#7,8318
2002#7,81613#9,3926
2001#4,83424#8,3397
2000#6,80815#5,04014
1999#7,23913#8,7046
1998#5,12320#5,84010
1997#3,54732#4,24615
1996#4,05926#5,53510
1995#4,34823#2,92324
1994#3,23435#4,53713
1993#2,88241#4,69712
1992#2,57648#4,87211
1991#2,70344#3,81315
1990#2,52347#3,16619
1989#2,93137#3,80914
1988#2,74438#3,52314
1987#2,85234#3,07216
1986#2,22846#2,77918
1985#2,48439#2,82817
1984#1,96152#2,03626
1983#2,02250#1,95527
1982#1,76962#1,81531
1981#1,70067#1,81131
1980#1,40888#1,72633
1979#1,49679#1,83330
1978#1,46178#1,76030
1977#1,30389#1,64533
1976#1,27387#1,39041
1975#1,100106#1,17052
1974#1,32380#1,35140
1973#1,066108#1,23844
1972#1,12798#1,36438
1971#1,021121#1,52632
1970#1,042118#1,14252
1969#907136#1,00059
1968#846145#1,02652
1967#826147#1,01851
1966#792155#92662
1965#734184#94860
1964#738198#93666
1963#699211#77397
1962#627259#80289
1961#617272#79791
1960#618264#81388
1959#607269#742106
1958#618255#79688
1957#636237#84280
1956#673204#88971
1955#683188#93364
1954#607224#81978
1953#583229#79880
1952#624200#80177
1951#560228#74088
1950#511253#681100
1949#451313#649111
1948#408376#554146
1947#426366#558146
1946#372414#519153
1945#358376#496146
1944#328434#514138
1943#388353#521144
1942#424290#587112
1941#389312#589101
1940#353333#591100
1939#379302#58796
1938#346344#522123
1937#354327#59395
1936#350326#61789
1935#349335#60592
1934#326367#59299
1933#322376#536113
1932#328376#535120
1931#318403#507128
1930#326405#572109
1929#318425#575108
1928#354370#62996
1927#317443#584112
1926#340384#63798
1925#355367#67090
1924#353377#64798
1923#380309#71183
1922#352342#91458
1921#384302#72982
1920#390284#86562
1919#388280#74774
1918#457215#90254
1917#520164#1,23830
1916#581134#1,12034
1915#626110#1,15931
1914#57497#1,26022
1913#57977#1,20518
1912#60865#1,09518
1911#61748#1,1909
1910#61047#1,1938
1909#66236#1,4405
1908#69831—
1907#66632#1,0947
1906#74224—
1905#58735—
1904#72723#1,0646
1903#83617#9107
1902#1,07511#8628
1901#85715—
1900#88518#9029
1899#90613#1,0515
1898#84016—
1897#89513—
1896#1,5835—
1895#89313—
1894——
1893——
1892#1,2786—
1891#1,0937—
1890#1,2106—
1889#1,1476—
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885#1,0475—
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Lupe! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lupe
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,937 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #13,208)
  • 1,880 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #13,208)
  • 1,373 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 688 spots in 1897 (#1,583 → #895)
  • Biggest drop: 690 spots in 1896 (#893 → #1,583)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1927 at #317 (443 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1903–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,627
  • Highest: 1 in 2,627 girls born in 1929 were named Lupe (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #317 in 1927, was only 1 in 2,692 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.3% of all girls named Lupe (3,603) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#1,047 (1885)#1,097
1890s79#840 (1898)#1,087
1900s242#587 (1905)#774
1910s1,237#388 (1919)#556
1920s3,603#317 (1927)#354
1930s3,561#318 (1931)#340
1940s3,567#328 (1944)#390
1950s2,287#511 (1950)#610
1960s1,971#617 (1961)#740
1970s964#1,021 (1971)#1,221
1980s513#1,408 (1980)#2,210
1990s329#2,523 (1990)#3,823
2000s152#4,834 (2001)#8,110
2010s74#8,485 (2014)#11,945
2020s31#10,271 (2024)#13,467

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.

Lupe in 1972

girls
#1,127
98 births · 1 in 15,523 girls
boys
#1,364
38 births · 1 in 42,674 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #1,127Lupe98

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #1,364Lupe38
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 15,523 of them was named Lupe, which outranked 88.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lupe
  1. #1,116Latarsha99
  2. #1,116Linette99
  3. #1,116Nita99
  4. #1,127Lupe98
  5. #1,127Bianca98
  6. #1,127Carolee98
  7. #1,127Luisa98
  8. #1,133Anglea97
  9. #1,133Dale97
  10. #1,133Dinah97

Tied with 5 names at #1,127; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 42,674 of them was named Lupe, which outranked 76.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lupe
  1. #1,348Serge39
  2. #1,348Vladimir39
  3. #1,348Wylie39
  4. #1,364Lupe38
  5. #1,364Alonza38
  6. #1,364Bud38
  7. #1,364Cynthia38
  8. #1,391Arlen37
  9. #1,391Christen37
  10. #1,391Dwyane37

Tied with 26 names at #1,364; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →