Girl name#412 of girl names
Luna
Pronounced L UW1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 145 years in use
How popular is Luna?
Luna is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 82,676 children — the 412th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about six times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 9,092 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L UW1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Luna
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Luna
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Luna?
- Luna ranks 412th among girls' names in US records, with 82,676 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 67,428.
- Is Luna a unisex name?
- No. Luna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Luna most popular?
- 2022, when 9,092 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.