Mostly girls · peaked in 1929
Lupe name popularity since 1925
20,735 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lupe (74.5% girls, 25.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1946 or earlier, so the typical Lupe is about 80 years old in 2026. Lupe peaked in 1929 as the #318 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,735
- Named Lupe, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1929
- #318 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #14,243 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 74.5% girls
- 15,438 girls · 5,297 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 8.92× its national share
Peak year is the year Lupe 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.
Lupe births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1927. Measured as a share of all babies, Lupe peaked in 1929.
- Steepest fall: Between 1946 and 1951, Lupe's share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 7,900.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Lupe's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lupe.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lupe 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 | 1,989 | 504 | – |
| 1930s | 3,561 | 1,064 | #350 |
| 1940s | 3,567 | 1,297 | #359 |
| 1950s | 2,287 | 832 | #683 |
| 1960s | 1,971 | 715 | #736 |
| 1970s | 964 | 392 | #1,105 |
| 1980s | 513 | 227 | #2,519 |
| 1990s | 329 | 135 | #4,438 |
| 2000s | 152 | 79 | #7,356 |
| 2010s | 74 | 38 | #12,518 |
| 2020–25 | 31 | 14 | #14,243 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.8% of babies named Lupe from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Lupe is most popular
The index compares Lupe'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 Lupe.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 8.92× | 911 |
| Texas | 5.92× | 8,577 |
| Arizona | 5.23× | 1,252 |
| California | 3.41× | 6,676 |
| Colorado | 1.55× | 352 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lupe's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lupe.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lupe (1929).
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