Luna

What Luna means

Means “the moon”

From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna / Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Source: Wiktionary, “Luna” (revision 94593692), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Luna?

US: Rising: up from #112 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #130 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 8,977 girls got the name (#10 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 265 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 335 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 426 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (16.78 per 1,000 girls), RI (11.01 per 1,000 girls), NV (9.78 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Luna is #27 in the US and #59 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Luna were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lena1,106 US · 158 E&W
• Lana768 US · 185 E&W
• Lina527 US · 200 E&W
• Leena212 US · 80 E&W
• Leni197 US · 78 E&W
• Lani131 US · 25 E&W
• Lenna115 US · 7 E&W
• Layna79 US · 8 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Luna

Girls

• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*

For a brother

• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Luna’s. Rank is US 2025.