Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: LatinLuna is a feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning moon. In Roman mythology, Luna was the divine personification of the Moon.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Luna yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Luna's rise is one of the sharpest in this batch: a 205% increase over the past decade, though its best-ever rank, #10, was reached in 2022 and has already eased to #13 by 2024 — a recent pullback similar to Leo's and Owen's, following a period of very fast growth.
Unusually for a name of Latin origin with data going back to 1880, its only listed famous bearer is fictional: Luna Lovegood, from the Harry Potter series, whose Wikidata "born" year of 1981 refers to the character's story timeline rather than a real person. That's a different kind of namesake than any other entry in this batch carries.
Whether that fictional association is driving the name's recent surge isn't something the birth data alone can confirm, but Luna's growth curve — old roots, a long quiet period, then a sudden climb — matches the shape of several other recently-popular names here, like Asher and Santiago.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 15 | #444 |
| 1881 | 18 | #403 |
| 1883 | 17 | #474 |
| 1884 | 18 | #492 |
| 1885 | 15 | #567 |
| 1886 | 20 | #502 |
| 1887 | 22 | #483 |
| 1888 | 24 | #520 |
| 1889 | 19 | #593 |
| 1890 | 24 | #545 |
| 1891 | 24 | #531 |
| 1892 | 25 | #559 |
| 1893 | 27 | #543 |
| 1894 | 30 | #530 |
| 1895 | 23 | #653 |
| 1896 | 27 | #603 |
| 1897 | 36 | #483 |
| 1898 | 32 | #577 |
| 1899 | 30 | #559 |
| 1900 | 30 | #651 |
| 1901 | 23 | #674 |
| 1902 | 32 | #588 |
| 1903 | 28 | #637 |
| 1904 | 30 | #637 |
| 1905 | 30 | #648 |
| 1906 | 26 | #725 |
| 1907 | 33 | #662 |
| 1908 | 39 | #607 |
| 1909 | 27 | #784 |
| 1910 | 38 | #696 |
| 1911 | 23 | #915 |
| 1912 | 31 | #914 |
| 1913 | 34 | #920 |
| 1914 | 44 | #884 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,088 |
| 1916 | 58 | #888 |
| 1917 | 49 | #1,007 |
| 1918 | 45 | #1,095 |
| 1919 | 48 | #1,048 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,095 |
| 1921 | 61 | #950 |
| 1922 | 50 | #1,087 |
| 1923 | 56 | #1,010 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,425 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,169 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,859 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,292 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,529 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,298 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,783 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,923 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,412 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,812 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,817 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,461 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,054 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,518 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,515 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,391 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,482 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,175 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,712 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,560 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,766 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,099 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,059 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,236 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,066 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,956 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,505 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,755 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,639 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,101 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,282 |
| 1964 | 5 | #7,373 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,324 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,944 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,966 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,595 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,240 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,996 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,270 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,157 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,710 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,578 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,141 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,755 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,059 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,129 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,999 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,628 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,428 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,213 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,604 |
| 1990 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,422 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,622 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,476 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,648 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,540 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,029 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,714 |
| 1998 | 103 | #1,592 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,555 |
| 2000 | 144 | #1,324 |
| 2001 | 169 | #1,208 |
| 2002 | 178 | #1,158 |
| 2003 | 272 | #887 |
| 2004 | 369 | #724 |
| 2005 | 477 | #594 |
| 2006 | 592 | #514 |
| 2007 | 713 | #452 |
| 2008 | 808 | #397 |
| 2009 | 1,015 | #324 |
| 2010 | 942 | #342 |
| 2011 | 1,145 | #279 |
| 2012 | 1,414 | #225 |
| 2013 | 1,747 | #183 |
| 2014 | 2,341 | #142 |
| 2015 | 2,809 | #112 |
| 2016 | 3,685 | #77 |
| 2017 | 5,355 | #37 |
| 2018 | 6,932 | #23 |
| 2019 | 7,798 | #16 |
| 2020 | 7,845 | #14 |
| 2021 | 8,237 | #11 |
| 2022 | 8,967 | #10 |
| 2023 | 7,841 | #10 |
| 2024 | 7,135 | #13 |
