Luna — #13 US girls' name
81,568 babies named Luna in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.9% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Luna was born in this single decade.
8,967 babies were named Luna in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luna
The Social Security Administration has registered 81,568 babies named Luna between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Luna currently holds the #13 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 8,967 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luna performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 40,025 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Luna shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15,807 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Luna in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luna 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 81,568 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.
Luna at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Luna popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2022)
- 8,967
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently a top-25 pick among girls.
81,568 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 8,967 births in a single year.
Luna popularity over time — boys
109 total births recorded since 1915 (Luna as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Luna accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Luna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 40,025 births that decade — 49% of Luna's all-time total
Luna decade highlights
- Peak decade 40,025 births
- Runner-up 34,168 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Luna's strongest decade
40,025 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Luna by state
Where Luna concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15,807 | 19.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,906 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6,193 | 7.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 4,727 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 2,481 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 2,288 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 2,237 | 2.7% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 2,217 | 2.7% |
15,807 of 81,568 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.4% of nationwide
- Texas 10.9% of nationwide
- Florida 7.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Luna appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.