Luster · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Luster.

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

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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 72 recorded years as a table

Luster, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1882	44
1893	62
1896	42
1898	41
1899	85
1900	66
1901	75
1903	42
1904	94
1905	68
1909	49
1910	46
1912	19
1913	21
1914	29
1915	18
1916	35
1917	28
1918	25
1919	26
1920	35
1921	29
1922	22
1923	25
1924	25
1925	25
1926	16
1927	24
1928	14
1929	18
1930	16
1931	19
1932	19
1933	26
1934	15
1935	20
1936	14
1937	18
1938	17
1939	13
1940	13
1941	11
1942	12
1943	11
1944	15
1945	16
1946	10
1947	10
1948	10
1949	9
1950	11
1951	8
1952	7
1953	6
1954	9
1955	7
1956	7
1957	6
1958	8
1959	4
1960	4
1961	6
1962	4
1963	4
1964	6
1965	4
1966	7
1967	6
1971	5
1972	4
1977	5
1988	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Luster 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1988: 6
Rank in 1988: #6,426
How rare: 1 in 319,047 boys
Since 1882: 1,120

Luster was last recorded in 1988. 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 1904, at 94 per million boys born.

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

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