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Luther

Pronounced /ˈluθɚ/

Rank in 2024
#1,501
Born in 2024
119
Peak year
1922 · #118
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 119 boys were named Luther, about 1 in every 14,414.
  • It peaked in 1922 with 1,477 babies, ranked #118.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 66,862 boys have been named Luther since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Luther per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.4
    Greatest
  2. 0.8
    Silent
  3. 0.3
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 23,236 babies, 1.39 per 1,000. Silent: 16,062 babies, 0.78 per 1,000. Boomers: 12,061 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,519 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,665 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,397 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,319 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From German Luther. ==== Proper noun ==== Luther Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation. (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Martin Luther. A surname from German of English speakers who descend from German immigrants. A city and town in Iowa. A village in Newkirk Township and Ellsworth Township, Lake County, Michigan. An unincorporated community in Montana. A town in Oklahoma. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====

  • (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Martin Luther.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Luther, CC BY-SA 4.0.