Luster — boys' name

What the Data Says About Luster

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,120 babies named Luster between 1882 and 1988, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Luster currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Luster performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 255 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Luster shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Luster in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Luster 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 1,120 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.