How rare is the name Lulu?

3,955 people in the United States have the first name Lulu, about 1 in 76,367. It ranks #4,633 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LULU

#4,633

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,955
About
1 in 76,367
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,955 people named Lulu, 37.6% reported their origin as White, 28.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 19.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lulu peaked in 1886, when 376 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1886
Births that year
376
In 2025*
50 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,709 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Lulu by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #152. The largest share of babies named Lulu, 48.1%, were born before 1901.

1880s#1523,253
1890s#2312,659
1900s#4301,376
1910s#8581,484
1920s#1,2091,221
1930s#1,576647
1940s#2,835276
1950s#3,818213
1960s#5,251145
1970s#7,690113
1980s#17,75131
1990s#14,97679
2000s#7,564302
2010s#5,193565
2020s#5,099345
Before 190148.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2729.3%
Silent Generation 1928–457.7%
Baby boom 1946–643%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–960.6%
Generation Z 1997–123.9%
2013 and later5.9%

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 Lulu is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lulu has been most common in West Virginia (2.7×), Iowa (2.6×), and Pennsylvania (2.4×), and least common in Texas (0.55×).

2,282 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 Lulu

#4,630 Mirtha · 3,960#4,632 Lorinda · 3,957#4,634 Rosina · 3,953#4,635 Ania · 3,952

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lulu, most common first.

#2,049 Lula · 13,248#23,544 Lul · 415#37,508 Lule · 208#49,173 Luly · 127

Also a last name

As a last name, Lulu ranks #69,752 of 156,621, with 303 people. See Lulu as a last name

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