NameTides

Lotus

Lotus was the #1,818 girls' name in the US in 2025 (110 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales.

Lotus as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lotus as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Lotus as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,818 (110)#4,867 (4)—
2024#1,648 (125)——
2023#1,524 (140)#4,057 (5)—
2022#1,763 (117)#5,670 (3)#2,553 (7)
2021#1,516 (139)#3,519 (6)#2,893 (6)
2020#2,115 (86)#3,899 (5)#3,251 (5)
2019#2,140 (87)#3,151 (7)#2,610 (7)
2018#1,953 (101)#3,518 (6)—
2017#1,779 (117)#5,765 (3)#2,876 (6)
2016#2,149 (90)#2,966 (8)—
2015#2,294 (81)#5,730 (3)#3,286 (5)
2014#2,081 (93)#5,691 (3)#2,905 (6)
2013#2,032 (95)#2,887 (8)#2,595 (7)
2012#2,597 (69)#4,171 (5)—
2011#3,303 (49)#5,785 (3)#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,524.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1896.
  • In 2025, 83% of US babies named Lotus were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lotus is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lotus by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Lotus (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LotusCanadaGirls—too few
LotusEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
LotusNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LotusUSGirls#1,818110
LotusUSBoys#4,53922