Lue
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lue has been given to 7,169 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1919, with 160 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% girls, 10% boys all-time.
Babies named Lue, 1985
1 in 714,000
Lue over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lue over time
In 2013, Lue went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Lue?
Lue had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1985, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1985
- 1 in 714,000
- 5 of 3,568,740 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 344,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1985
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 494,734 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lue sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1985 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 494,734 children born in 1985 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lue. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lues were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lue was born before 1928 — so the typical Lue is around 97 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 21.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 3.9%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 927
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 21.5% of all recorded uses (1,390).
Is Lue 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1919 (160)
- Years since peak
- 106
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 21.5% average annual change
Where Lue is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Lue was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 2,174 girls, against 1 in 13,073 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Mississippi1 in 2,174
- 2Alabama1 in 5,000
- 3South Carolina1 in 5,263
- 4Arkansas1 in 6,667
- 5Louisiana1 in 11,111
- 6Tennessee1 in 11,111
- 7Georgia1 in 12,500
- 8North Carolina1 in 25,000
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. Lue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Lue is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Lue was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 481,513 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in —
- 2California1 in —
- 3Mississippi1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
- 5Wisconsin1 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. Lue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Lue by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Lue
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Names with a curve like Lue
Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lue, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.
Sibling names for Lue
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.