# Luther (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/luther/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈluθɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 67,421 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 66,986 / 435 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 368, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From German Luther.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 5 | 5,061 |
| 1943 | 5 | 5,079 |
| 1944 | 6 | 4,342 |
| 1945 | 6 | 4,329 |
| 1948 | 8 | 4,078 |
| 1949 | 5 | 5,702 |
| 1950 | 7 | 4,566 |
| 1952 | 6 | 5,277 |
| 1953 | 5 | 6,178 |
| 1954 | 8 | 4,501 |
| 1955 | 6 | 5,572 |
| 1958 | 9 | 4,374 |
| 1966 | 6 | 6,248 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,405 |
| 1969 | 5 | 8,141 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 79 | 1,819 |
| 2012 | 80 | 1,841 |
| 2013 | 87 | 1,705 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,570 |
| 2015 | 99 | 1,622 |
| 2016 | 99 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 99 | 1,615 |
| 2018 | 113 | 1,517 |
| 2019 | 128 | 1,392 |
| 2020 | 112 | 1,509 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,390 |
| 2022 | 112 | 1,584 |
| 2023 | 118 | 1,504 |
| 2024 | 119 | 1,508 |
| 2025 | 122 | 1,464 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## People named Luther

- Martin Luther King Jr., American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
- Luther Burbank, American botanist and horticulturist (1849–1926)
- Luther Vandross, American R&B singer (1951–2005)
- William Luther Pierce, American neo-Nazi (1933–2002)
- Luther Adler, American actor (1903–1984)
- Luther Strange, Alabama lawyer and politician
- Luther Allison, American blues guitarist (1939–1997)
- Luther Blissett, English association football player, coach and manager (born 1958)
- Luther Ingram, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (1937-2007)
- Luther H. Evans, American political scientist (1902-1981)
- Luther von Braunschweig, German noble
- Luther Halsey Gulick, American academic (1892–1993)

## 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.