How Many People Are Named Luna?
people named Luna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,993 people in the US has this name
Based on 87,834 babies named Luna in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
8,992 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "the moon" in Latin. Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Luna (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Luna alive today is about 6 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Luna first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 8,992 babies. In 2025, 6,085 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Luna reached #10 among girls' names in 2022 to 2023, and was in the top 10 for 2 years, 2022 to 2023. In 2025 it ranked #27.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #27 |
| Best rank | #10 (2022 to 2023) |
| Years in the top 10 | 2 |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (2016 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Luna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Luna were born in California than in any other state: about 16,715 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Luna was given 2 times as often in Hawaii, 1.9 times in Nevada and 1.7 times in New Mexico.
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