# Luba (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/luba/  
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 | Ukrainian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 583 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 583 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Slavic * (English-language female given name found in Canada): From Ukrainian Люба (Ljuba)

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 5 | 7,401 |
| 1968 | 7 | 5,979 |
| 1969 | 5 | 8,135 |
| 1971 | 5 | 9,039 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9,586 |
| 1976 | 5 | 10,180 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,752 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19,035 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,197 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,514 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,420 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,642 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,719 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,328 |

## People named Luba

- Luba Skořepová, Czech actress and writer (1923–2016)
- Luba Golovina, Georgian trampoline gymnast
- Luba Goy, Canadian actress and comedian

## 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.