# Lu (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lu/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlu/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Loo, Lou, Louh |
| US babies named this | 4,081 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 35 / 4,046 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Clipping of Lucy, Lucille, and similar names.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 11,509 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,710 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,721 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14,774 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,474 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,196 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,547 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,202 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,146 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,038 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,937 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,890 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,358 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,734 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,652 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 6 | 3,991 |
| 1919 | 6 | 3,995 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,460 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,446 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,600 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,566 |

## People named Lu

- Haley Lu Richardson, American actress
- Lu Chen, Chinese figure skater
- Lü Yue, Chinese cinematographer and film director
- Cao Lu, Chinese singer
- Huang Lu, Chinese actress
- Xu Lu, Chinese actress and singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.