Girls' name · since 1912
Luba
583 babies named Luba in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,734 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,034 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 583
- born since 1912
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Luba is the #15034 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 583 recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Luba recorded 583 times among girls since 1912, holding rank #15034 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #10,734 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,034 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 583 born since 1912
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luba ranks #10,734 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,034 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 583 born since 1912, peaking in the 1950s.
- #10,734 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,034 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 583
- born since 1912
- 1950s
- peak decade
Luba's 583 recorded births place it above 85.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Luba compares
583 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Luba's all-time total is 55% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luba | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 583 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Luba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Luba's SSA record in two at 1950 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1912, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1952 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Luba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (1952)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Luba by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (174 births, 30% of the file).
1950s was Luba's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Luba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 69
1910s
69 births
- 1920s
1920s
99 births
- 1930s 64
1930s
64 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s
1950s
174 births
- 1960s
1960s
81 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 174 births (30% of all-time use).
How Luba compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Luba's total volume
Luba by state
Where Luba concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 46 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 21 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
46 of 583 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Luba's data
- Luba's decade-level peak was the 1950s (174 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lubas (46 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Luba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1912–2025 (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 Luba 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.