How rare is the name Luna?

37,464 people in the United States have the first name Luna, about 1 in 8,062. It ranks #1,103 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LUNA

#1,103

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,464
About
1 in 8,062
This common or more
71.4%
Who bears it

Of the 37,464 people named Luna, 54.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 30.8% as White and 5.8% as two or more races. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Luna peaked in 2022, when 8,992 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
8,992
In 2025*
6,085 ▼32%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 87,834 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.

Luna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #40. The largest share of babies named Luna, 87.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#938168
1890s#889278
1900s#1,038298
1910s#1,731419
1920s#2,186414
1930s#3,397173
1940s#5,31291
1950s#8,44944
1960s#10,96629
1970s#10,36067
1980s#9,163115
1990s#3,994552
2000s#1,1234,737
2010s#20234,224
2020s#4046,225
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–960.4%
Generation Z 1997–129.7%
2013 and later87.6%

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 Luna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Luna has been most common in Nevada (4.1×), Arizona (2.5×), and Florida (2.3×), and least common in West Virginia (0.35×).

85,164 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 Luna

#1,101 Cecil · 37,487#1,102 Latoya · 37,472#1,104 Lynette · 37,429#1,105 Trisha · 37,406

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,332 Luana · 4,363#15,541 Lun · 739#17,651 Luma · 620#36,929 Lunna · 213

Also a last name

As a last name, Luna ranks #289 of 156,621, with 106,387 people. See Luna as a last name

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