Lui — #9284 US boys' name
156 babies named Lui in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Lui was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Lui in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lui
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Lui between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lui currently holds the #9284 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lui performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lui shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lui 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 156 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.
Lui at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lui popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2021)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #9284 among boys.
156 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 17 births in a single year.
Lui by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 80 births that decade — 51% of Lui's all-time total
Lui decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lui's strongest decade
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1990–2024 (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.