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Lotus

#1,826 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Lotus has been given to 2,978 babies in the U.S. since 1896. In 2025 it ranked #1,826 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 140 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Lotus, 2025

1 in 30,100

Lotus over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lotus over time

In 2025, Lotus went to 83% girls and 17% boys.

18962025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lotus: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lotus means

Lotus is a given name.

The naming story behind Lotus

Wikidata records Lotus as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q104434395, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,766 girls were recorded with the name Lotus between 1896 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 140 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,025 in 1896.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,128 in 2020 to #1,826 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,307 in 2015 to #1,826 in 2025.

In the United States, 212 boys were recorded with the name Lotus between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,666 in 1915.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,865 in 2020 to #4,630 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Lotus?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 30,100
110 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 14,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,826
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,891 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lotus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 20,891 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lotus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lotuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lotus was born before 2012 — so the typical Lotus is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,101
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2010s — 30.2% of all recorded uses (834).

Is Lotus rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−173
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+302
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+481
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.36×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
78.6%
Peak was 2023 (140)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,025
1896

Spellings of Lotus

Lotus is not the most common spelling — Lois is, with 87.1% against Lotus's 0.72%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lotus is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Lotus was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 15,598 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 50,000).

213 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 7,692
  2. 2California1 in 11,111
  3. 3New York1 in 11,111
  4. 4Ohio1 in 11,111
  5. 5Nevada1 in 14,286
  6. 6Virginia1 in 14,286
  7. 7Arizona1 in 20,000
  8. 8Colorado1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Lotus is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lotus was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,468,095 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lotus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lotus around the world

Where Lotus ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2004–2022
    #2,577
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1995–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lotus

People whose public names include Lotus, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lotus by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,826
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 302
Best rank ever
#1,025
1896
Peak year
2023
140 that year
First recorded
1896
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,766
Count in 2025
110

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,630
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,235
Best rank ever
#3,666
1915
Peak year
2021
26 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
212
Count in 2025
22

Names similar to Lotus

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Lotus

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lotus, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Lotus

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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