Luna
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Luna
The name of the Roman goddess of the moon, Luna is derived straight from the Latin word for moon, luna. Luna may be the name most likely to surprise someone from an older generation by its Top 10 status in the US and its widespread international popularity.
Often ranked as Number 1 on Nameberry's internal charts, the strong but shimmery Luna is among the Top 100 names for baby girls in a wide range of countries around the world, from France to Italy to Germany, Scandinavia to Slovenia to Spain. It's simple, easy to spell and pronounce, and remarkably diverse.
And it's also got deeper roots than you might imagine. It was somewhat popular in the US as a baby name around the turn of the 20th century, reaching a high of Number 403 way back in 1881.
Luna's popularity is undoubtedly influenced by the Harry Potter character Luna Lovegood and several high-profile celebrity babies, notably the oldest daughter of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend.
Along with its celebrity connections, Luna's popularity is partially driven by its standing as a mythological name. Luna’s divine complement is Sol, the god of the Sun. In Roman art, Luna is often depicted driving a chariot.
Luna makes another appearance as the endearing oddball Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series, who was central enough to the story to have Harry give his daughter Luna as a middle name, and as the True Blood teacher-shapeshifter character, Luna Garza.
Along with Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, other celebrities who named their daughters Luna include Penelope Cruz and Javier Barden as well as Constance Marie. Joely Fisher and Ellen Pompeo have used it as a middle. Uma Thurman and Arpad Busson use Luna as the nickname they call daughter Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence.
Luna is also among the most popular dog names.
Luna is also given to boys, where it ranks #8660 in the US.
Pronounced LOO-nuh.
As of October 2026, Luna ranked #27 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #10 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #119.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #142 | 2,341 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #112 | 2,809 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #77 | 3,685 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #37 | 5,355 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #23 | 6,932 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #16 | 7,798 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #14 | 7,845 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #11 | 8,237 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #10 | 8,967 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #10 | 7,841 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #13 | 7,135 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #27 | 6,076 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Luna on lists
Famous Lunas
- Gertrude Elizabeth "Luna" VachonGirl
American pro wrestler
- LunaGirl
stage name of Park Sunyoung, Korean singer of girl group f(x)
- Luna Blaise (Boyd)Girl
American actress
- Tura Luna Pascual YamaguchiGirl
birth name of Japanese,American actress Tura Satana
- Luna Bergere LeopoldGirl
American male hydrologist; son of author Aldo Leopold
- Luna Scarlett Davey (b. 1999)Girl
daughter of singer Dani Filth of band Cradle of Filth
- Luna Aristizábal Martínez (b. 2003)Girl
daughter of singer Juanes and actress Karen Martinez
- Luna Lampard (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of footballer Frank Lampard and Elen Rivas
- Luna Marie Katich (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actress Constance Marie and Kent Katich
- Luna Rose Bates (adopted 2010)Girl
daughter of actress Joelle Carter and Andy Bates
- Luna Encinas Cruz (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
- Luna Huffman (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of Cassandra Estevez and Casey Huffman; granddaughter of actor Charlie Sheen
- Luna Mae Akoskin (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actress Leonor Varela and Lucas Akoskin
- Luna Victoria Baarz (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actors Nina Bott and Benjamin Baarz
- Luna Simone Stephens (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of singer John Legend and model Chrissy Teigen
- Luna Ivy McLachlan (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of AFL football CEO Gillon McLachlan
- Luna Eleanora (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of YouTube stars Matthias & Amanda
Luna in pop culture
- Luna LovegoodGirl
character in the "Harry Potter" series
- LunaGirl
cat in the American version of anime "Sailor Moon"
- Luna GarzaGirl
character on TV's "True Blood"
- Princess LunaGirl
character in animated series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"
- Luna LoudGirl
a character on animated series "The Loud House"
- Luna Kom FloukruGirl
character on TV's "The 100"
- Luna MothewsGirl
daughter of the Moth Man in "Monster High" show and series
- Luna HaleGirl
character in the "Addicted" series
- LlunaGirl
llama in the game "Minecraft: Story Mode , Season Two"
- LunaGirl
character in video game "Virtue's Last Reward"
- Luna MaximoffGirl
character in Marvel Comics
- LunaGirl
character in the anime series Yu,Gi,Oh! 5D's
- Luna InverseGirl
character in anime, manga and novel series "Slayers"
- Luna O'NeillGirl
main character in novel "Luna"
- Princess LunaGirl
character in "The Adventures of Peter Pan"
- Lunafreya Nox "Luna" FleuretGirl
character in video game "Final Fantasy XV"
- Queen Luna of SolariaGirl
character on TV's "Winx Club"
- Luna ValenteGirl
character on Disney telenovela "Soy Luna"
- Luna NoaGirl
character in "Lunar: The Silver Star" video game series
- LunaGirl
a jaquin from TV's "Elena of Avalor"
- "Luna PetuniaGirl
" Netflix children's animated TV program
- "LunaGirl
" song by the Smashing Pumpkins
- "LunaGirl
" song by Tom Petty
- LunaGirl
Serbian pop music group