# Lulu (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lulu/  
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 | /ˈluːluː/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Loulou, Lu-lu, Lou-lou |
| US babies named this | 12,709 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 12,709 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 786, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A reduplication of Lu, a clipping of given names with the first syllable of Lu, Lou, such as Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 54 | 3,116 |
| 2012 | 54 | 3,122 |
| 2013 | 58 | 2,926 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,168 |
| 2015 | 60 | 2,913 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3,261 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,647 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,726 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,914 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,807 |
| 2021 | 62 | 2,772 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,713 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,748 |
| 2024 | 47 | 3,364 |
| 2025 | 50 | 3,194 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 858 |
| 2012 | 45 | 844 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,184 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,119 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 31 | 1,102 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,166 |

## People named Lulu

- Lulu Wilson, American actress (born 2005)
- Lulu Wang, Asian-American filmmaker
- Lulu Wang, Dutch writer
- Lulu Ranne, Finnish politician
- Lulu Antariksa, American actress and singer
- Lulu White, brothel madam, procuress, entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Storyville per
- Lulu Popplewell, British actress
- Abu Muhammad Lu'lu' al-Kabir, Emir of Aleppo
- Lulu Glaser, American actress (1874-1958)
- Lulu Ziegler, Danish actress, singer and theatre director (1903–1973)

## 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.