Luther
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About Luther
The name Luther is currently ranked #992 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #63 in 1887. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in LUTHER, LUTHER, and LUTHER. Luther is occasionally used for girls in 1969.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,570 | 101 | 52.6 |
| 2015 | #1,622 | 99 | 51.7 |
| 2016 | #1,627 | 99 | 52.2 |
| 2017 | #1,615 | 99 | 53.5 |
| 2018 | #1,515 | 113 | 62.2 |
| 2019 | #1,392 | 128 | 71.3 |
| 2020 | #1,509 | 112 | 64.9 |
| 2021 | #1,390 | 132 | 75.5 |
| 2022 | #1,580 | 112 | 64.1 |
| 2023 | #1,504 | 118 | 69 |
| 2024 | #1,499 | 119 | 69.1 |
| 2025 | #1,464 | 122 | 71.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Luthers
- Luther Ronzoni Vandross
Jr., American R&B singer
- Luther (born Lutha) Adler
American actor
- Luther Allison
American blues guitarist
- Luther Badger
American lawyer and politician
- Luther Loide Blissett
English footballer
- Luther Burbank
American botanist
- Luther Roderick Campbell
American record executive
- Luther Andrews Dickinson
American rock guitarist
- Luther Chase Goldman
American naturalist and wildlife photographer
- Luther James Grosvenor
English rock musician
- Luther Dale Head
American basketball player
- Luther Martin Magby
American gospel singer
- Luther Martin
American politician
- Luther Robinson
American football player
- Luther A Wright Jr.
American baseball player
- Martin Luther
German Protestant reformer
- Martin Luther King
Jr., American civil rights leader
Luther in pop culture
- Luthisour Jerome "Luther" Waffles
main character on Disney's "Zeke & Luther"
- Luther
recurring character on TV's "Key and Peele" (Obama's anger translator.)
- Luther Krank
character in movie "Christmas with the Kranks"
- Luther Pinks
character in movie "Slow Burn"
- Luther Wainwright
character on TV's "The Mentalist"
- Luther
character on TV's "Supernatural"
- John Luther
main character on British TV's "Luther"
- Luther College
school in Iowa, USA
- Luther Hargreeves
a character from the comic and Netflix show The Umbrella Academy
