Luellen — girls' name
690 babies named Luellen in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Luellen was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Luellen in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luellen
The Social Security Administration has registered 690 babies named Luellen between 1900 and 1972, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Luellen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luellen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Luellen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luellen 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 690 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.
Luellen at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Luellen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1900
- Peak year (1948)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
690 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 24 births in a single year.
Luellen popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1913 (Luellen as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Luellen accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Luellen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 144 births that decade — 21% of Luellen's all-time total
Luellen decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 136 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Luellen's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1900–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.