Girls' name · since 1928
Luane
241 babies named Luane in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1928
- 1950s
- peak decade
Luane sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 241 recorded since 1928.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luane has been recorded 241 times among girls since 1928, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1964.
- #17,944 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 241 born since 1928
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luane ranks #17,944 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 241 born since 1928, peaking in the 1950s.
- #17,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1928
- 1950s
- peak decade
Luane's 241 recorded births place it above 75.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Luane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Luane's full recorded timeline at 1951, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1953 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Luane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1964
- Peak year (1953)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Luane by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (102 births, 42% of the file).
1950s was Luane's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Luane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 27
1930s
27 births
- 1940s
1940s
53 births
- 1950s
1950s
102 births
- 1960s
1960s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 102 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Luane's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 1960s (54) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Luane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1928–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Luane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.