Lunden — #11379 US unisex name
351 babies named Lunden in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Lunden was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Lunden in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lunden
The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Lunden between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lunden currently holds the #11379 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Lunden is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 248 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lunden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lunden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lunden in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lunden 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 351 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.
Lunden at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lunden popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2010)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #11379 among girls.
351 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 31 births in a single year.
Lunden popularity over time — boys
248 total births recorded since 1989 (Lunden as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Lunden accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lunden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 141 births that decade — 40% of Lunden's all-time total
Lunden decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lunden's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Lunden by state
Where Lunden concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 2.0% |
7 of 351 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–2024 (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.