Luster
Luster was last recorded in 1988, when 6 babies were given it; 1,132 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 1988 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Luster by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Luster?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #6,923, in 1988; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
37 babies in 1920, the peak
Luster peaked in 1920, when 37 boys were given it, #1,199 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 6 | #6,923 | 3.1 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,427 | 4.9 |
| 1972 | 7 | #4,261 | 4.3 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,550 | 5.1 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,709 | 5.7 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,406 | 6.7 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,433 | 3.8 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,498 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,223 | 3.9 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,194 | 3.9 |
Every recorded year (72)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13 | #2,383 | 6.1 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,996 | 4.2 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,963 | 4.2 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,935 | 8.5 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,245 | 6.5 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,140 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,192 | 6.8 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,867 | 8.8 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,353 | 6.1 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,217 | 6.7 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,018 | 8.0 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,731 | 10.6 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,913 | 9.0 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,860 | 9.7 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,826 | 9.8 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,792 | 10.5 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,477 | 15.6 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,558 | 14.7 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,961 | 10.5 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,841 | 11.6 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,961 | 11.4 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,862 | 12.9 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,929 | 12.6 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,592 | 17.1 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,612 | 17.8 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,850 | 14.5 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,522 | 20.2 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,827 | 15.5 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,324 | 26.2 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,627 | 19.2 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,621 | 19.2 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,787 | 16.4 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,767 | 17.7 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,118 | 13.5 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,454 | 24.0 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,878 | 16.2 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,409 | 25.1 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,441 | 24.7 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,451 | 24.6 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,570 | 22.1 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,312 | 29.1 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,199 | 34.8 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,470 | 25.5 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,482 | 24.7 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,383 | 28.1 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,195 | 34.8 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,934 | 17.7 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,422 | 29.0 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,758 | 21.5 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,984 | 18.6 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,172 | 46.3 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,127 | 48.8 |
| 1905 | 9 | #887 | 68.0 |
| 1904 | 12 | #709 | 93.7 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,229 | 41.9 |
| 1901 | 8 | #823 | 75.1 |
| 1900 | 10 | #882 | 66.5 |
| 1899 | 9 | #759 | 84.7 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,238 | 40.8 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,199 | 41.8 |
| 1893 | 7 | #885 | 62.3 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,034 | 44.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Luster a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,132 Americans recorded as Luster, 1% are girls and 99% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Luster: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Luster, and how old are they?
An estimated 283 Americans named Luster and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 64 and 79. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 332 people named Luster (26 women and girls, 306 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 367 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Luster
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 Luster and names like it
- Compare Luster and AcieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLuster peaked in 1920.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Luster since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Luster.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Luster alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.