NameTides

Luna

Luna was the #27 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,076 babies), and #59 in England & Wales and #51 in Canada.

Luna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Luna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaIrelandScotlandNorthern Ireland
Luna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#27 (6,076)#59 (757)#106 (42)#177 (10)#84 (60)#51 (438)#56 (119)#57 (112)
2024#13 (7,164)#48 (908)#97 (43)#150 (13)#96 (49)#37 (515)#53 (122)#34 (152)
2023#10 (7,853)#38 (1,063)#68 (63)#95 (22)#103 (49)#33 (550)#39 (153)#55 (105)
2022#10 (8,977)#34 (1,174)#60 (71)#121 (18)#90 (60)#29 (607)#36 (167)#32 (147)
2021#11 (8,241)#35 (1,261)#67 (65)#123 (19)#96 (57)#33 (603)#33 (184)#50 (129)
2020#14 (7,850)#36 (1,216)#61 (70)#119 (17)#86 (61)#44 (519)#55 (124)#35 (143)
2019#16 (7,800)#36 (1,213)#62 (75)#189 (10)#105 (51)#54 (474)#42 (149)#40 (138)
2018#23 (6,937)#43 (1,162)#82 (54)#130 (18)#124 (44)#65 (391)#53 (122)#80 (69)
2017#37 (5,356)#48 (1,093)#78 (58)#206 (9)#158 (35)#80 (333)#71 (100)#99 (56)
2016#77 (3,688)#78 (715)#135 (36)#190 (11)#288 (16)#119 (239)——
2015#112 (2,809)#130 (439)#177 (25)#426 (3)#345 (14)#200 (159)——
2014#142 (2,341)#146 (380)#246 (18)#247 (7)#427 (10)#229 (146)——
2013#183 (1,747)#225 (224)#302 (13)—#587 (6)#270 (120)——
2012#225 (1,414)#337 (144)#467 (7)—#907 (3)#308 (105)——
2011#279 (1,145)#376 (124)#579 (5)—#465 (9)#343 (95)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #10.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 260 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 260common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 330common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 430common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 730common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 350common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 340common

Next year

On its recent trend, Luna is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 270 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 230 to 1 in 320.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Luna by state, 2025Alaska: #38AKMaine: #82MEWisconsin: #51WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #90NHWashington: #26WAIdaho: #32IDMontana: #40MTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #54MNIllinois: #33ILMichigan: #40MINew York: #21NYMassachusetts: #31MAOregon: #19ORNevada: #9NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #51SDIowa: #44IAIndiana: #34INOhio: #51OHPennsylvania: #39PANew Jersey: #28NJConnecticut: #27CTRhode Island: #14RICalifornia: #13CAUtah: #52UTColorado: #31CONebraska: #47NEMissouri: #75MOKentucky: #43KYWest Virginia: #107WVVirginia: #41VAMaryland: #38MDDelaware: #46DEArizona: #12AZNew Mexico: #16NMKansas: #37KSArkansas: #77ARTennessee: #43TNNorth Carolina: #40NCSouth Carolina: #28SCDistrict of Columbia: #93DCOklahoma: #18OKLouisiana: #76LAMississippi: #64MSAlabama: #91ALGeorgia: #26GAHawaii: #3HITexas: #19TXFlorida: #13FL
Luna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#36218
Quebec2025#10057

Luna (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LunaCanadaGirls#51438
LunaEngland & WalesGirls#59757
LunaIrelandGirls#8460
LúnaIrelandGirls#7184
LunaNorthern IrelandGirls#17710
LūnaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LunaNSWGirls#56119
LunaScotlandGirls#10642
LunaUSGirls#276,076
LunaUSBoys#8,2439
LunaVICGirls#57112