Lotus
Lotus is given to both girls and boys: 110 girls and 22 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,826 among girls’ names and #4,630 among boys’, #2,932 among all names counting both); 2,978 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,340 Americans named Lotus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 17.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lotus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lotus?
#1,826 among girls’ names, 2025
Lotus rose from #2,307 in 2015 to #1,826 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 45.4 to 68.4 per million.
165 babies in 2021, the peak
Lotus peaked in 2021, when 165 babies were given it (139 girls, #1,521 among girls’ names). The 132 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 80% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,826 | 68.4 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,653 | 77.2 |
| 2023 | 140 | #1,528 | 87.3 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,771 | 71.3 |
| 2021 | 139 | #1,521 | 84.7 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,128 | 53.2 |
| 2019 | 87 | #2,150 | 51.8 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,961 | 59.4 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,786 | 67.8 |
| 2016 | 90 | #2,163 | 50.8 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 81 | #2,307 | 45.4 |
| 2014 | 93 | #2,086 | 52.1 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,045 | 54.1 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,616 | 39.2 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,335 | 27.9 |
| 2010 | 52 | #3,184 | 29.3 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,794 | 34.8 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,245 | 27.5 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,757 | 22.4 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,528 | 16.8 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,161 | 18.4 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,311 | 13.1 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,203 | 10.4 |
| 2002 | 19 | #6,028 | 10.6 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,175 | 8.3 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,332 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,205 | 5.6 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,992 | 5.7 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,756 | 5.7 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,211 | 5.1 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,727 | 3.4 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,791 | 2.8 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,265 | 3.2 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,001 | 2.8 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,841 | 3.6 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,243 | 3.0 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,500 | 3.0 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,377 | 3.0 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,819 | 4.8 |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,134 | 3.9 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,259 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,398 | 6.9 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,299 | 5.3 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,028 | 4.2 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,235 | 3.5 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,110 | 2.8 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,197 | 2.6 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,473 | 3.5 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,820 | 2.5 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,627 | 2.5 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,795 | 2.9 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,682 | 4.0 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,940 | 5.1 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,859 | 5.1 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,994 | 4.9 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,628 | 5.6 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,849 | 8.2 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,779 | 8.2 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,759 | 2.8 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,819 | 8.3 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,285 | 6.9 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,328 | 4.5 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,171 | 7.2 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,117 | 7.4 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,804 | 5.8 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,164 | 13.1 |
| 1939 | 17 | #2,004 | 15.5 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,674 | 10.0 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,965 | 16.0 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,340 | 12.5 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,746 | 19.1 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,049 | 15.3 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,345 | 12.9 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,726 | 19.7 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,716 | 19.7 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,627 | 10.7 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,060 | 15.2 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,056 | 15.6 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,393 | 12.6 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,855 | 18.6 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,521 | 24.6 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,961 | 16.8 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,997 | 16.6 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,706 | 20.8 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,749 | 20.3 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,990 | 16.7 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,892 | 17.7 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,162 | 14.7 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,629 | 21.3 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,390 | 26.8 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,501 | 24.4 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,700 | 21.0 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,843 | 19.2 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,677 | 21.5 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,880 | 19.1 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,112 | 17.3 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,960 | 18.8 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,933 | 18.9 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,188 | 37.6 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,688 | 21.3 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,025 | 46.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lotus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,978 Americans recorded as Lotus, 93% are girls and 7% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lotus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lotus, and how old are they?
2,340 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 2,978 Americans ever recorded as Lotus. The median Lotus alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 17.
The 2020 Census counted 1,575 people named Lotus (1,461 women and girls, 114 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,608 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 65 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 90 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 61 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 51 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 535 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,530 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lotus born?
The states with the most babies named Lotus are California, Georgia and Texas, with 61% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 22 | #1,453 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 10 | #958 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 8 | #2,546 | 0.4× |
| New York | 8 | #1,600 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,230 | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,127 | 0.3× |
| Florida | 5 | #2,355 | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lotus with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lotus
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lotus and names like it
- Compare Lotus and EvangelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLotus peaked in 2021.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lotus since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Lotus.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lotus alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.