Feminine dossier · first seen 1886

Lu

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lu
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

394

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1886Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

98%

2024

All-time

4,040

Lu once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 394 girls were named Lu.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 4,040 Americans have been named Lu and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1886.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

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