Lupe
Lupe is given to both girls and boys: 6 girls and 7 boys were given it in 2025 (#14,239 among girls’ names and #10,281 among boys’, #13,991 among all names counting both); 24,646 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,000 Americans named Lupe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 56 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lupe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lupe mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lupe is “a female given name from Spanish.”
Borrowed from Spanish Lupe.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lupe?
#14,239 among girls’ names, 2025
Lupe fell from #12,513 in 2015 to #14,239 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 4.5 to 3.7 per million.
572 babies in 1944, the peak
Lupe peaked in 1944, when 572 babies were given it (434 girls, #328 among girls’ names). The 13 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 2% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,239 | 7 | #10,281 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,757 | 7 | #10,512 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,758 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,547 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,570 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,870 | 7 | #10,400 |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,277 | 8 | #9,317 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,303 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,428 | 6 | #11,605 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,513 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | #8,771 | 5 | #13,287 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,938 | 6 | #11,699 |
| 2011 | 6 | #15,990 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,982 | 6 | #11,642 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,287 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,844 | 12 | #7,025 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,943 | 7 | #10,454 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,707 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,351 | 10 | #7,452 |
| 2004 | 20 | #6,117 | 15 | #5,395 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,301 | 8 | #8,320 |
| 2002 | 13 | #8,107 | 6 | #10,162 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,930 | 7 | #8,868 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,011 | 14 | #5,207 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,504 | 6 | #9,441 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,267 | 10 | #6,124 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,580 | 15 | #4,379 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,127 | 10 | #5,805 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,433 | 24 | #2,984 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,273 | 13 | #4,693 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,912 | 12 | #4,889 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,592 | 11 | #5,107 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,714 | 15 | #3,938 |
| 1990 | 47 | #2,544 | 19 | #3,254 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,959 | 14 | #3,928 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,765 | 14 | #3,626 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,883 | 16 | #3,144 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,247 | 18 | #2,847 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,518 | 17 | #2,900 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,979 | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1983 | 50 | #2,037 | 27 | #1,990 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,775 | 31 | #1,836 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,709 | 31 | #1,838 |
| 1980 | 88 | #1,415 | 33 | #1,754 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,502 | 30 | #1,850 |
| 1978 | 78 | #1,467 | 30 | #1,780 |
| 1977 | 89 | #1,307 | 33 | #1,659 |
| 1976 | 87 | #1,277 | 41 | #1,402 |
| 1975 | 106 | #1,105 | 52 | #1,173 |
| 1974 | 80 | #1,329 | 40 | #1,363 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,071 | 44 | #1,246 |
| 1972 | 98 | #1,130 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1971 | 121 | #1,023 | 32 | #1,544 |
| 1970 | 118 | #1,047 | 52 | #1,150 |
| 1969 | 136 | #910 | 59 | #1,006 |
| 1968 | 145 | #851 | 52 | #1,031 |
| 1967 | 147 | #828 | 51 | #1,026 |
| 1966 | 155 | #793 | 62 | #929 |
| 1965 | 184 | #736 | 60 | #951 |
| 1964 | 198 | #741 | 66 | #941 |
| 1963 | 211 | #701 | 97 | #775 |
| 1962 | 259 | #628 | 89 | #804 |
| 1961 | 272 | #619 | 91 | #801 |
| 1960 | 264 | #619 | 88 | #816 |
| 1959 | 269 | #609 | 106 | #745 |
| 1958 | 255 | #618 | 88 | #799 |
| 1957 | 237 | #635 | 80 | #843 |
| 1956 | 204 | #673 | 71 | #891 |
| 1955 | 188 | #682 | 64 | #937 |
| 1954 | 224 | #606 | 78 | #822 |
| 1953 | 229 | #582 | 80 | #802 |
| 1952 | 200 | #623 | 77 | #802 |
| 1951 | 228 | #562 | 88 | #742 |
| 1950 | 253 | #511 | 100 | #683 |
| 1949 | 313 | #450 | 111 | #652 |
| 1948 | 376 | #408 | 146 | #553 |
| 1947 | 366 | #426 | 146 | #559 |
| 1946 | 414 | #373 | 153 | #519 |
| 1945 | 376 | #359 | 146 | #496 |
| 1944 | 434 | #328 | 138 | #517 |
| 1943 | 353 | #389 | 144 | #522 |
| 1942 | 290 | #424 | 112 | #590 |
| 1941 | 312 | #390 | 101 | #593 |
| 1940 | 333 | #353 | 100 | #593 |
| 1939 | 302 | #379 | 96 | #591 |
| 1938 | 344 | #346 | 123 | #525 |
| 1937 | 327 | #354 | 95 | #597 |
| 1936 | 326 | #351 | 89 | #620 |
| 1935 | 335 | #350 | 92 | #611 |
| 1934 | 367 | #327 | 99 | #593 |
| 1933 | 376 | #323 | 113 | #538 |
| 1932 | 376 | #328 | 120 | #537 |
| 1931 | 403 | #318 | 128 | #508 |
| 1930 | 405 | #326 | 109 | #574 |
| 1929 | 425 | #318 | 108 | #577 |
| 1928 | 370 | #354 | 96 | #634 |
| 1927 | 443 | #317 | 112 | #587 |
| 1926 | 384 | #340 | 98 | #638 |
| 1925 | 367 | #356 | 90 | #676 |
| 1924 | 377 | #354 | 98 | #650 |
| 1923 | 309 | #380 | 83 | #714 |
| 1922 | 342 | #352 | 58 | #922 |
| 1921 | 302 | #384 | 82 | #731 |
| 1920 | 284 | #391 | 62 | #872 |
| 1919 | 280 | #388 | 74 | #750 |
| 1918 | 215 | #457 | 54 | #906 |
| 1917 | 164 | #522 | 30 | #1,251 |
| 1916 | 134 | #583 | 34 | #1,130 |
| 1915 | 110 | #627 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1914 | 97 | #574 | 22 | #1,292 |
| 1913 | 77 | #585 | 18 | #1,233 |
| 1912 | 65 | #611 | 18 | #1,127 |
| 1911 | 48 | #622 | 9 | #1,249 |
| 1910 | 47 | #613 | 8 | #1,271 |
| 1909 | 36 | #666 | 5 | #1,606 |
| 1908 | 31 | #705 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 32 | #674 | 7 | #1,160 |
| 1906 | 24 | #756 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 35 | #594 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 23 | #746 | 6 | #1,152 |
| 1903 | 17 | #851 | 7 | #977 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,106 | 8 | #896 |
| 1901 | 15 | #873 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 18 | #907 | 9 | #943 |
| 1899 | 13 | #922 | 5 | #1,149 |
| 1898 | 16 | #869 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 13 | #918 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,733 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 13 | #917 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,379 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,162 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,288 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,216 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,138 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lupe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 24,646 Americans recorded as Lupe, 76% are girls and 24% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lupe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lupe, and how old are they?
11,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 24,646 Americans ever recorded as Lupe. The median Lupe alive today is 68 years old; half are between 56 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 17,369 people named Lupe (14,022 women and girls, 3,347 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,261 born in the U.S. The Census count is 31% above 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 | 2,270 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,940 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 951 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 358 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 120 |
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 Lupe born?
The states with the most babies named Lupe are Texas, California and Arizona, with 90% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 10,081 | not ranked | 7.0× |
| California | 7,554 | not ranked | 5.0× |
| Arizona | 1,681 | not ranked | 10.0× |
| New Mexico | 1,181 | not ranked | 8.3× |
| Colorado | 447 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Illinois | 372 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Kansas | 101 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 54 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 12 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Missouri | 12 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Lupe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lupe is most over-represented in Arizona: since 1910 it was given 10.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Lupe 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 24,720 babies since 1880, Lupe is the most given (100% of them).
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 Lupe
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 Lupe and names like it
- Compare Lupe and LupieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLupe peaked in 1944.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lupe since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Lupe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1944The year the most babies were named Lupe.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lupe alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.