Lu — #11094 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lu

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,040 babies named Lu between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lu currently holds the #11094 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 394 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lu performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,021 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Lu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lu in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lu in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,040 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.