Lua — #1994 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lua

The Social Security Administration has registered 998 babies named Lua between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lua currently holds the #1994 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lua performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 520 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 184 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lua in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lua 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 998 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.