Lunetta

#16,330 in 2025Girls' name

Moon, through Lūna

Lunetta has been given to 116 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #16,330 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1926, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Lunetta, 2025

1 in 663,000

Lunetta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lunetta: meaning, origin, and history

Moon, through Lūna

Latin

What Lunetta means

Lunetta belongs to the name family reached through Lunetta → Lūna. Its meaning is “moon”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lunetta is used in Italian. Its origins include Latin.

Lunetta comes through Latin Lūna.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lūna.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Lunetta is pronounced /luˈnɛt.ta/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 116 girls were recorded with the name Lunetta between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1926; its best national rank was #2,977 in 1926.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,941 in 2020 to #16,330 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #13,898 in 2015 to #16,330 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.

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How common is Lunetta?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #16,330; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lunetta 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lunetta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lunettas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lunetta was born before 1926 — so the typical Lunetta is around 99 today.

Median birth year: 1926; About 99 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 31.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 42; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 31.9% of all recorded uses (37).

Is Lunetta 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: −3,407; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −3,389; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,432; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.71×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 45.5%; Peak was 1926 (11)
Years since peak: 99; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,977; 1926

Spellings of Lunetta

Lunetta is not the most common spelling — Loretta is, with 62.7% against Lunetta's 0.04%.

Loretta62.7%177,564
Lynette15.3%43,392
Lauretta3.4%9,710
Annetta3.1%8,814
Lanette1.8%5,005
Linette1.5%4,285
Janetta1.2%3,321
Arnetta1.1%3,248

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.

Lunetta by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,330
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 3,389
Best rank ever: #2,977; 1926
Peak year: 1926; 11 that year
First recorded: 1914
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 116
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Lunetta

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

Lunarae Lunamae Lunaria Lunarose Lunette Maritta Lundynn Lunara Lunella Lunafreya Lunden Lunamarie Lunabella Lunaray Anitta Beretta Lunah Cosetta Suetta Lunell Lunabelle Lunamia Keyatta Minetta

Sibling names for Lunetta

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

For a sister

Concepcion Belva George Charline Tressie Ima Germaine Kattie

For a brother

Delmer Frances Eldridge Jewel Dewitt Wilford Trinidad Granville

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