Girls' name · since 1978
Luzelena
Luzelena has 408 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,635 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 408
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Luzelena is the #9635 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 408 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luzelena has been recorded 408 times among girls since 1978, currently ranked #9635 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #13,362 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,635 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 408 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luzelena ranks #13,362 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,635 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 408 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,362 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,635 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 408
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Luzelena's 408 recorded births place it above 81.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Luzelena compares
408 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Luzelena's all-time total is 9% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luzelena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 408 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Luzelena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Luzelena splits its recorded history at 2005: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Luzelena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Luzelena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (154 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Luzelena's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Luzelena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
154 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s 42
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 154 births (38% of all-time use).
Luzelena by state
Where Luzelena concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 81 | 19.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 1.5% |
81 of 408 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Luzelena's data
- Luzelena's decade-level peak was the 2000s (154 total births); usage has since declined to 42 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Luzelenas (81 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Luzelena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Luzelena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.