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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Lue

Lue was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 310th; the most babies were born in 1919 (160). More babies were named Lue in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1919160 babies
Total since 1880
7,169babies recorded

Lue popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 695 since 1881.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#3,97015
1960#1,64847
1950#1,19760
1940#657113
1930#599133
1920#631130
1910#48870
1900#46154
1890#48130
1880#38119

How popular is Lue, counting every spelling?

Lue has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Lue?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Lue are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 69 and 84. That makes Lue a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Lue by state

How common Lue was among girls born in each state in 1917–1921, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (10.1×), Alabama (6.1×), South Carolina (4.8×), Louisiana (3.4×), Tennessee (3.3×). In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesKY0.21West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesVA0.16Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesAR0.29Tennessee: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesTN0.37North Carolina: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNC0.14South Carolina: 0.54 per 1,000 babiesSC0.54District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOK0.14Louisiana: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesLA0.38Mississippi: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesMS1.1Alabama: 0.69 per 1,000 babiesAL0.69Georgia: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesGA0.28Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesTX0.24Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Lue, girls, 1917–1921. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Lue

How popular is the name Lue?

Lue was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1886, when it ranked 310th; the most babies were born in 1919 (160). More babies were named Lue in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Lue a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 6,474 girls and 695 boys.

Where was Lue most popular?

In 1917–1921, Lue was most common in Mississippi (1.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and South Carolina.