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Luna
Pronounced /ˈluːnə/
Rank in 2024
#13
Born in 2024
7,135
Peak year
2022 · #10
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7,135 girls were named Luna, about 1 in every 226.
- It peaked in 2022 with 8,967 babies, ranked #10.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 81,568 girls have been named Luna since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Luna per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 3.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,029 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 303 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 84 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 89 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 354 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,541 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 70,692 babies, 3.48 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Lua and Roxane.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈluːnə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Luna, CC BY-SA 4.0.