Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lulu

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1886

Peak rank proxy

376

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 18862024

Peak year

1886

Decline from peak

88%

2024

All-time

12,656

Lulu has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1886, when 376 girls were named Lulu.

In 2024, only 45 girls were given the name.

Down 88% from its peak.

All told, about 12,656 Americans have been named Lulu and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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