Luna
Luna was the 27th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6,076 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 10th with 8,977 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 85 places. More babies were named Luna in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning moon · Latin
Say it LOO-nuh /ˈlunə/
- Rank in 2025
- #27 girls, down 13 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6,076girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20228,977 babies
- Total since 1880
- 87,834babies recorded
What does the name Luna mean?
Luna is the Latin word for the moon and the name of the Roman goddess of the moon. Wikipedia notes its recent popularity in many countries and connects it partly to the Harry Potter character Luna Lovegood and to celebrity use.
lūna (Latin, “moon”)
How sure is this? Well established.
See also: Latin names, names that mean sky, star, moon or sun.
Nicknames for Luna
The usual nicknames for Luna are Lulu. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Luna in the last five years, fewer than 1 were named Lulu, against 7 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lulu · also for Louise, Louisa, Luella | Modern | #3,194 | 286 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Lunas go by each one.
Luna popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 119 since 1915, 9 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #27 | 6,076 |
| 2020 | #14 | 7,850 |
| 2010 | #342 | 942 |
| 2000 | #1,324 | 144 |
| 1990 | #6,000 | 15 |
| 1980 | #6,578 | 10 |
| 1970 | #4,944 | 11 |
| 1960 | #6,102 | 6 |
| 1950 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,391 | 8 |
| 1930 | #1,783 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,095 | 47 |
| 1910 | #696 | 38 |
| 1900 | #651 | 30 |
| 1890 | #545 | 24 |
| 1880 | #444 | 15 |
How popular is Luna, counting every spelling?
Luna is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #34 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #27 for Luna on its own. Together these spellings went to 6,117 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | 6,076 | #27 | 38,311 |
| Lunna | 33 | #4,312 | 174 |
| Lunah | 8 | #11,519 | 80 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Luna?
6,076 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Luna (1.68 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Luna born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is about 1 in 32. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Luna.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Luna?
About 85,400 people born in the US named Luna are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 9. That makes Luna a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Luna by state
How common Luna was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (3.1×), Rhode Island (2.8×), Nevada (2.3×), Delaware (2.1×), New Mexico (2.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Luna: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Luna, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Luna · Sibling names for Luna
Questions about the name Luna
What does Luna mean?
Luna means “moon” (Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Luna?
Luna was the 27th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6,076 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 10th with 8,977 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 85 places. More babies were named Luna in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Luna a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Luna in the US.
Where is Luna most popular?
In 2021–2025, Luna was most common in Hawaii (14.66 per 1,000 girls), followed by Rhode Island and Nevada.