Girls' name · since 1918
Luma
230 babies named Luma in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,538 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 230
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
230 babies have been named Luma since 1918, making it today's #7538 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luma has been recorded 230 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #7538 nationally and more common than 56% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #18,417 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,538 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 230 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luma ranks #18,417 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,538 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 230 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,538 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 230
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Luma's 230 recorded births place it above 74.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Luma compares
230 40th percentile among 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
Luma's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 230 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Luma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Luma splits its recorded history at 2013: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Luma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Luma by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Luma's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Luma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (37% of all-time use).
Luma by state
Where Luma concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 4.3% |
10 of 230 births nationwide.
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What to do with Luma's data
- Luma's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (79) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lumas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Luma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Luma 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.