Luthor

Boys' name

People + army, through Luther

Luthor has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 2015. 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 2015, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Luthor, 2022

1 in 677,000

Luthor over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Luthor: meaning, origin, and history

People + army, through Luther

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Luthor means

Luthor belongs to the name family reached through Luthor → Luther → Luther. Its meaning is “people + army”.

Origin, language, and formation

Luthor is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Luther.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 boys were recorded with the name Luthor between 2015 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2015; its best national rank was #13,276 in 2015.

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 Luthor?

Luthor had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Luthor sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 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 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Luthor. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Luthors were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Luthor was born before 2019 — so the typical Luthor is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 66.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 15; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 66.7% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Luthor 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 2015 (5)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #13,276; 2015

Spellings of Luthor

Luthor is not the most common spelling — Luther is, with 84.6% against Luthor's 0.02%.

Luther84.6%66,986
Thor6.1%4,857
Auther3.0%2,349
Authur2.8%2,192
Author2.7%2,173
Arthor0.77%613
Luthor0.02%15

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.

Luthor by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,276; 2015
Peak year: 2015; 5 that year
First recorded: 2015
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Luthor

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

Lutalo Lutrell Luthur Lute Aurthor Majhor Anchor Othor Ashor Lutz Mcauthor Nahor Arthor Phor Yissochor Kristophor Ihor Christaphor Melchor Author Christerphor Christphor Luther Thor

Sibling names for Luthor

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

Aliah Jessa Coraline Milana Alannah Arden Averi Karleigh

For a brother

Caesar Taj Crosby Kolten Immanuel Raylan Emmet Aarav

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