Lulu
Lulu was given to 50 girls in 2025, #3,194 among girls’ names; 12,709 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,030 Americans named Lulu and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (16% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 9 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lulu by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lulu mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lulu is “a female given name.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, and Lucille.”
A reduplication of Lu, a clipping of given names with the first syllable of Lu, Lou, such as Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa.
/ˈluːluː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lulu?
#3,194 among girls’ names, 2025
Lulu fell from #2,913 in 2015 to #3,194 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 33.6 to 31.1 per million.
376 babies in 1886, the peak
Lulu peaked in 1886, when 376 girls were given it, #90 among girls’ names. The 50 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,194 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,364 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,748 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,713 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,772 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,807 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,914 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,725 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,647 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,261 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 60 | #2,913 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,166 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,925 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 54 | #3,121 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,115 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,235 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,841 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,979 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,365 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,643 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 26 | #5,044 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,670 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,882 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,559 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,835 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,403 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,704 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,929 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,058 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,847 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,214 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,261 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,760 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,733 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,271 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,010 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,845 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,734 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,926 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,827 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,278 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,223 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,267 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,992 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,620 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,349 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,266 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,815 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 15 | #4,046 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,648 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,897 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,538 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,577 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,855 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,209 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,621 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,160 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,986 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 18 | #3,026 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 17 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,133 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,423 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,531 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,504 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,601 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,213 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,652 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,240 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,760 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,091 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,984 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,119 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,062 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,650 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,157 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 41 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 54 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 64 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 50 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 92 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 86 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 66 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 42 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 65 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 57 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 71 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 78 | #802 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 79 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 114 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 116 | #677 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 114 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 113 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 137 | #631 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 133 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 160 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 177 | #532 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 183 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 183 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1917 | 166 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 198 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1915 | 167 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1914 | 158 | #430 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 110 | #487 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 125 | #416 | 0.22 |
| 1911 | 82 | #452 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 112 | #368 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 123 | #326 | 0.35 |
| 1908 | 120 | #322 | 0.36 |
| 1907 | 127 | #309 | 0.40 |
| 1906 | 115 | #314 | 0.39 |
| 1905 | 126 | #297 | 0.43 |
| 1904 | 151 | #258 | 0.55 |
| 1903 | 122 | #285 | 0.47 |
| 1902 | 161 | #240 | 0.61 |
| 1901 | 135 | #248 | 0.56 |
| 1900 | 196 | #228 | 0.65 |
| 1899 | 179 | #209 | 0.77 |
| 1898 | 209 | #203 | 0.81 |
| 1897 | 199 | #196 | 0.85 |
| 1896 | 228 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1895 | 258 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1894 | 278 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1893 | 304 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1892 | 325 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1891 | 315 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1890 | 364 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1889 | 341 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 1888 | 367 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1887 | 322 | #103 | 2.2 |
| 1886 | 376 | #90 | 2.6 |
| 1885 | 360 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1884 | 344 | #89 | 2.7 |
| 1883 | 302 | #88 | 2.7 |
| 1882 | 279 | #93 | 2.6 |
| 1881 | 313 | #76 | 3.4 |
| 1880 | 249 | #86 | 2.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lulu a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lulu has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 140 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lulu: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lulu, and how old are they?
2,030 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 16% of the 12,709 Americans ever recorded as Lulu. The median Lulu alive today is 19 years old; half are between 9 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 3,955 people named Lulu (3,878 women and girls, 77 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,986 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 239 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 297 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 166 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 73 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 491 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 746 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lulu born?
The states with the most babies named Lulu are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 40% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 329 | #1,970 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 301 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 287 | #2,666 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 188 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 182 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 115 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 97 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 96 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Iowa | 78 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 65 | not ranked | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lulu with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 111,467 babies since 1880, Lulu is the second most given (11% of them). In 2025 it was given to 50 of their 254 babies (20%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lulu
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lulu and names like it
- Compare Lulu and LulaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1880sLulu peaked in 1886.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lulu since 1910.
- Chinese namesWiktionary’s origin for Lulu: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1886The year the most babies were named Lulu.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lulu alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.