first name
LU
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,744 people named Lu, 63.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 28.3% as White and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 78% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lu peaked in 1954, when 394 babies got the name.
At least 4,081 babies have been given the name since 1886. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lu by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,161. The largest share of babies named Lu, 67.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lu is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lu has been most common in Iowa (4.3×), Indiana (3.1×), and Ohio (2.9×), and least common in California (0.39×).
2,090 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lu
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lu, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lu ranks #717 of 156,621, with 46,937 people. See Lu as a last name
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