Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lu” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lu” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lu” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lu” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lu” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lu” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lu” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lu” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 100%
1905 7 0.000016512 7 100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 9 0.000013969 9 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 100%
1918 19 0.000008751 13 6 37%
1919 21 0.000009951 15 6 43%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 100%
1928 28 0.000012384 28 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 100%
1932 29 0.000013736 29 100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 100%
1934 47 0.000022631 47 100%
1935 41 0.000019618 41 100%
1936 46 0.000022141 46 100%
1937 34 0.000015957 34 100%
1938 33 0.000014915 33 100%
1939 29 0.000013161 29 100%
1940 31 0.000013463 31 100%
1941 40 0.000016417 40 100%
1942 37 0.000013544 37 100%
1943 33 0.000011692 33 100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 100%
1945 44 0.000016586 44 100%
1946 33 0.000010328 33 100%
1947 43 0.000011937 43 100%
1948 36 0.000010427 36 100%
1949 48 0.000013774 48 100%
1950 41 0.000011703 41 100%
1951 28 0.000007601 28 100%
1952 50 0.000013165 50 100%
1953 319 0.000082779 319 100%
1954 394 0.000098977 394 100%
1955 276 0.000068741 276 100%
1956 302 0.000073247 302 100%
1957 228 0.000054258 228 100%
1958 205 0.00004959 205 100%
1959 178 0.000042809 178 100%
1960 170 0.000040926 170 100%
1961 146 0.000035246 146 100%
1962 102 0.000025276 102 100%
1963 85 0.000021474 85 100%
1964 76 0.000019549 76 100%
1965 36 0.00000993 36 100%
1966 43 0.000012372 43 100%
1967 40 0.000011782 40 100%
1968 30 0.00000888 30 100%
1969 20 0.000005755 20 100%
1970 18 0.000004991 18 100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 9 0.000002613 9 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 13 0.000003892 7 6 8%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 -100%
2022 14 0.000004138 9 5 29%
2023 11 0.000003322 11 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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