first name
LUANN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,310 people named Luann, 94.3% reported their origin as White, 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Luann peaked in 1954, when 1,644 babies got the name.
At least 15,512 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.
Luann by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #540. The largest share of babies named Luann, 77.2%, 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 Luann is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Luann has been most common in Minnesota (5.2×), Iowa (5×), and Wisconsin (4.2×), and least common in Alabama (0.14×).
13,000 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.
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6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Luann, most common first.
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