Luna Girl
How popular is Luna?
#27 girl name in 2025
6,076 baby girls were named Luna in the US in 2025, making it the 27th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
Luna popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #27 for girls (▼ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,076 girls, 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+116% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #112 in 2015, #14 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (8,977 girls) |
| Highest rank | #10 in 2022 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Luna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Luna family of names ranked #39 for girls in 2025 (#26 the year before), with 6,117 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Luna | 6,076 | 99% |
| Lunna | 33 | 1% |
| Lunah | 8 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Luna is most popular
Babies named Luna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 14.7 per 1,000 (168 girls)
- Rhode Island: 13.2 per 1,000 (165 girls)
- Nevada: 11.1 per 1,000 (514 girls)
- Delaware: 10.0 per 1,000 (113 girls)
- New Mexico: 9.7 per 1,000 (235 girls)
Luna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 168 | #393 |
| 1890s | 278 | #477 |
| 1900s | 298 | #583 |
| 1910s | 409 | #691 |
| 1920s | 414 | #946 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,382 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,116 |
| 1950s | 44 | #4,010 |
| 1960s | 29 | #4,197 |
| 1970s | 67 | #4,760 |
| 1980s | 115 | #4,516 |
| 1990s | 552 | #1,546 |
| 2000s | 4,737 | #324 |
| 2010s | 34,179 | #16 |
| 2020s | 46,161 | #10 |
Girl names about as popular as Luna
Questions
- Is Luna a boy or girl name?
- Luna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Luna were girls.
- How popular is the name Luna?
- 6,076 baby girls were named Luna in the US in 2025, making it the 27th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
- When was Luna most popular?
- Luna peaked in 2022, when 8,977 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #10, held for 2 years starting in 2022.
- How many people are named Luna?
- 87,834 babies have been named Luna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 85,760 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Luna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Luna was most common in Hawaii, at 14.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.