Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Luther

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

Endangered Down 91.9% from peak

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

1,477

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

91.9%

2024

119

All-time

66,862

Luther 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 1922, when 1,477 boys were named Luther.

In 2024, only 119 boys were given the name.

Down 91.9% from its peak.

All told, about 66,862 Americans have been named Luther and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.9% from peak

19221,477 boys named Luther

2024119 boys named Luther

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