Girls' name · since 1880
Luna
87,715 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.
- #407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #27 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 87,715
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Luna is the #27 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 87,715 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Luna recorded 87,715 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #27 nationally today, ahead of 99.8% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #407 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #27 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 87,715 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luna ranks #407 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #27 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 87,715 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #27 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 87,715
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Luna's 87,715 recorded births place it above 99.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Luna compares
87,715 Top 3% higher than 97% of 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
Luna's all-time total is 233x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 87,715 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8,977 | 21 | 19,840 |
Luna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Luna's full recorded timeline at 1948, 98% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 2% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 8,977 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Luna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8,977
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Luna popularity over time - boys
119 total births recorded since 1915 (Luna as boys' name)
Luna by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (46,161 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Luna's strongest decade.
46,161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Luna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 168
1880s
168 births
- 1890s 278
1890s
278 births
- 1900s 298
1900s
298 births
- 1910s 409
1910s
409 births
- 1920s 414
1920s
414 births
- 1930s 173
1930s
173 births
- 1940s 91
1940s
91 births
- 1950s 44
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 29
1960s
29 births
- 1970s 67
1970s
67 births
- 1980s 115
1980s
115 births
- 1990s 552
1990s
552 births
- 2000s 4,737
2000s
4,737 births
- 2010s
2010s
34,179 births
- 2020s
2020s
46,161 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 46,161 births (53% of all-time use).
How Luna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Luna's total volume
Luna by state
Where Luna concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16,817 | 19.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 9,637 | 11.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6,683 | 7.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 5,092 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 2,682 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 2,475 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 2,418 | 2.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 2,399 | 2.7% |
16,817 of 87,715 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Luna appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Luna's data
- California records the most Lunas (16,817 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Luna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Luna 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.