Lu · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lu.

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Its story

Popularity since 1886

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 99 recorded years as a table

Lu, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1886	42
1887	48
1888	28
1889	45
1891	32
1893	23
1895	30
1898	27
1899	21
1900	30
1905	24
1906	17
1907	19
1909	17
1910	15
1911	22
1912	11
1913	10
1914	12
1915	7
1916	11
1917	13
1918	11
1919	13
1920	10
1921	11
1922	11
1923	17
1924	15
1925	21
1926	16
1927	23
1928	24
1929	12
1930	12
1931	22
1932	27
1933	28
1934	45
1935	39
1936	44
1937	32
1938	30
1939	26
1940	27
1941	33
1942	27
1943	24
1944	19
1945	34
1946	21
1947	24
1948	21
1949	28
1950	24
1951	16
1952	27
1953	170
1954	203
1955	141
1956	150
1957	111
1958	102
1959	88
1960	84
1961	72
1962	52
1963	44
1964	40
1965	20
1966	25
1967	24
1968	18
1969	12
1970	10
1971	12
1972	8
1973	7
1974	5
1975	8
1976	3
1977	4
1979	6
1980	5
1982	3
1985	3
1989	3
1994	3
2012	3
2013	3
2016	6
2017	3
2018	3
2019	3
2020	4
2022	5
2023	7
2024	5
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lu 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

More like Lu

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 7
Rank in 2025: #11,932
How rare: 1 in 229,609 girls
Since 1886: 4,046

Most popular in 1954, at 203 per million girls born.

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

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