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How popular is the name Luna?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lunas are alive today.
Luna (female) is currently the 48th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 908 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2021, when 1,261 babies were given the name, the 35th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 11,000 babies have been named Luna in England and Wales since 1996.
The Luna you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Lunas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 9, and there are at least 11,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Luna.
How many babies are named Luna each year?
Where does Luna rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Luna most popular?
Luna peaked in 2021, when 1,261 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Luna?
At least 11,000 people named Luna born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Luna?
Most living Lunas are between 4 and 9; the most common age is about 6.
Is Luna becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.