How Many People Are Named Lupe?

11,289

people named Lupe are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 30,275 people in the US has this name

Based on 24,646 babies named Lupe in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,296

💎 Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#124

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Peak Year

1944

572 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: LOO-pe
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Short form of GUADALUPE.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
75.9%
Male
24.1%

Of the babies given the name Lupe, 75.9% were girls and 24.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lupe fell from 85.2% in the 1900s to 66.1% in the 2010s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Lupe alive today is about 65 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 79 in 2025.

Under 30 514
4.6%
30 to 59 3,013
26.7%
60 and over 7,763
68.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Lupe first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1944, to 572 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Lupe has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #317, in 1927. In 2025 it ranked #14,238. Among boys, its best rank was #496, in 1945.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#14,238#10,281
Best rank#317 (1927)#496 (1945)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#351 in the 1920s#553 in the 1940s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Lupe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lupe were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,285 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lupe was given 13.6 times as often in Arizona, 11 times in New Mexico and 8 times in Texas.

Texas 4,285
California 3,893
Arizona 644
New Mexico 399
Illinois 178
Colorado 131
Michigan 31
Kansas 5
Indiana 2
Minnesota 1
Missouri 1
Nebraska 1

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