Lum

Boy · recorded 1880–1961

  • 1961last recorded
  • 1884best year

Most popular in 1884.

Last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07514918801900192119411961

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Lum, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188091
188169
1882106
1883134
1884149
188565
188672
188779
1888124
188963
189081
189169
189290
189486
189560
189667
189762
189849
189956
190053
190166
190241
190447
190553
190645
190967
191323
19149
19159
19176
191813
191911
192016
192110
192210
192313
192412
19265
19277
192811
19309
19319
193211
19336
19365
19378
19395
19405
19444
19464
19476
19494
19503
19523
19552
19583
19612

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lum isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1961
5
Rank in 1961
#4,065
How rare
1 in 424,839 boys
Since 1880
493

Lum was last recorded in 1961. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1884, at 149 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lum doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.