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Lu Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Lu?

Ranking 17,040th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lu is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Lu has seen higher popularity rankings.

Its highest popularity ranking of #442 was reached in 1954 with 394 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Lu in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2015.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lu occurred roughly during the years 1920-1925, 1930-1934, and 1950-1954, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1954-1965, and 1966-1973.

Sometimes the name Lu has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Lu be?

For a number of years, the name Lu has been moving upward in popularity. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Lu has remained about the same.

The name Lu is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Lu has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Lu (Girl)Lu (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 5 17,040 < 5 --
2017 6 15,153 < 5 --
2016 10 10,522 < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- < 5 --
2014 < 5 -- < 5 --
2013 5 18,169 < 5 --
2012 5 18,446 < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 < 5 -- < 5 --
2008 < 5 -- < 5 --
2007 < 5 -- < 5 --
2006 < 5 -- < 5 --
2005 < 5 -- < 5 --
2004 < 5 -- < 5 --
2003 < 5 -- < 5 --
2002 < 5 -- < 5 --
2001 < 5 -- < 5 --
2000 < 5 -- < 5 --
1999 < 5 -- < 5 --
1998 < 5 -- < 5 --
1997 < 5 -- < 5 --
1996 < 5 -- < 5 --
1995 < 5 -- 6 8,456
1994 5 14,772 < 5 --
1993 < 5 -- < 5 --
1992 < 5 -- < 5 --
1991 < 5 -- < 5 --
1990 < 5 -- < 5 --
1989 6 11,716 < 5 --
1988 < 5 -- < 5 --
1987 < 5 -- < 5 --
1986 < 5 -- < 5 --
1985 5 11,705 < 5 --
1984 < 5 -- < 5 --
1983 < 5 -- < 5 --
1982 5 11,499 < 5 --
1981 < 5 -- < 5 --
1980 9 7,130 < 5 --
1979 10 6,476 < 5 --
1978 < 5 -- < 5 --
1977 6 9,143 < 5 --
1976 5 10,172 < 5 --
1975 11 5,355 < 5 --
1974 8 6,584 < 5 --
1973 10 5,403 < 5 --
1972 12 4,672 < 5 --
1971 20 3,320 < 5 --
1970 18 3,516 < 5 --
1969 20 3,066 < 5 --
1968 30 2,224 < 5 --
1967 40 1,872 < 5 --
1966 43 1,727 < 5 --
1965 36 1,937 < 5 --
1964 76 1,275 < 5 --
1963 86 1,183 < 5 --
1962 101 1,077 < 5 --
1961 146 893 < 5 --
1960 170 786 < 5 --
1959 178 763 < 5 --
1958 205 691 < 5 --
1957 228 650 < 5 --
1956 302 539 < 5 --
1955 276 550 < 5 --
1954 394 442 < 5 --
1953 319 484 < 5 --
1952 50 1,376 < 5 --
1951 28 1,867 < 5 --
1950 41 1,442 < 5 --
1949 48 1,330 < 5 --
1948 36 1,564 < 5 --
1947 43 1,428 < 5 --
1946 33 1,547 < 5 --
1945 44 1,202 < 5 --
1944 25 1,684 < 5 --
1943 33 1,455 < 5 --
1942 37 1,335 < 5 --
1941 40 1,200 < 5 --
1940 31 1,366 < 5 --
1939 29 1,391 < 5 --
1938 33 1,281 < 5 --
1937 34 1,244 < 5 --
1936 46 1,029 < 5 --
1935 41 1,093 < 5 --
1934 47 1,015 < 5 --
1933 28 1,389 < 5 --
1932 29 1,411 < 5 --
1931 23 1,619 < 5 --
1930 13 2,500 < 5 --
1929 13 2,515 < 5 --
1928 28 1,530 < 5 --
1927 28 1,573 < 5 --
1926 19 2,046 < 5 --
1925 25 1,723 < 5 --
1924 19 2,097 < 5 --
1923 20 1,998 < 5 --
1922 13 2,696 < 5 --
1921 14 2,575 < 5 --
1920 12 2,817 < 5 --
1919 15 2,332 6 3,995
1918 13 2,606 6 3,991
1917 14 2,383 < 5 --
1916 12 2,588 < 5 --
1915 7 3,641 < 5 --
1914 9 2,549 < 5 --
1913 6 3,047 < 5 --
1912 6 2,830 < 5 --
1911 9 1,734 < 5 --
1910 6 2,302 < 5 --
1909 6 2,114 < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 6 1,964 < 5 --
1906 5 2,110 < 5 --
1905 7 1,631 < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 9 1,381 < 5 --
1899 5 1,744 < 5 --
1898 7 1,455 < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 7 1,377 < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 5 1,557 < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 6 1,285 < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 8 998 < 5 --
1888 5 1,396 < 5 --
1887 7 997 < 5 --
1886 6 1,052 < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.