Luther · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Luther.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1907

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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 45 recorded years as a table

Luther, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1907	16
1911	14
1913	11
1914	9
1915	7
1916	6
1917	9
1918	7
1919	13
1920	9
1921	9
1922	11
1923	12
1924	14
1925	16
1926	20
1927	17
1928	18
1929	15
1930	14
1931	11
1932	11
1933	8
1934	8
1935	11
1937	7
1938	5
1939	7
1940	8
1941	7
1942	4
1943	4
1944	5
1945	5
1948	5
1949	3
1950	4
1952	3
1953	3
1954	4
1955	3
1958	4
1966	4
1967	3
1969	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Luther 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 Luther

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1969: 5
Rank in 1969: #7,471
How rare: 1 in 337,403 girls
Since 1907: 435

Luther was last recorded in 1969. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1926, at 20 per million girls born.

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

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