Girls' name · peaked in 2022
Luna name popularity since 1925
86,423 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Luna. Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Luna is about 6 years old in 2026. Luna peaked in 2022 as the #10 name for girls, and it ranked #27 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 86,423
- Named Luna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #27
- for girls in 2025 (6,076 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 86,314 girls · 109 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 3.85× its national share
Peak year is the year Luna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Luna births per year, 1925–2025
2022 was the biggest year for Luna both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2013 and 2018, Luna became 4.1× more common, from 1 in 1,000 baby girls to 1 in 245.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Luna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Luna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Luna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 166 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 173 | 0 | #1,817 |
| 1940s | 91 | 0 | #3,560 |
| 1950s | 44 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 29 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 67 | 0 | #6,239 |
| 1980s | 115 | 0 | #8,000 |
| 1990s | 552 | 0 | #2,540 |
| 2000s | 4,737 | 0 | #594 |
| 2010s | 34,179 | 45 | #112 |
| 2020–25 | 46,161 | 64 | #27 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
89.0% of babies named Luna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Luna is most popular
The index compares Luna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Luna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 3.85× | 1,181 |
| Arizona | 2.41× | 2,682 |
| Florida | 2.15× | 6,683 |
| California | 1.85× | 16,817 |
| Oregon | 1.47× | 1,182 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Luna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Luna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Luna (2022).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data