Lus — girls' name
475 babies named Lus in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Lus was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Lus in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lus
The Social Security Administration has registered 475 babies named Lus between 1918 and 2003, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lus currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lus performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lus in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lus 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 475 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.
Lus at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1918
- Peak year (1978)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
475 total births across 86 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 21 births in a single year.
Lus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 137 births that decade — 29% of Lus's all-time total
Lus decade highlights
- Peak decade 137 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lus's strongest decade
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Lus by state
Where Lus concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 123 | 25.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.3% |
123 of 475 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 25.9% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 25.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1918–2003 (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.