Lua
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOO-a
- Origin
- Portuguese
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
Lua is a girls' name of Portuguese origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).
What does Lua mean?
Portuguese: Portuguese and Galician word
“moon”
The Portuguese and Galician word for moon; Lua was also a minor goddess in ancient Rome.
Is Lua a girl's or a boy's name?
Lua is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 90 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Lua, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lua in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Lua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Lua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Lua, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,959th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
2025 had fewer girls named Lua than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Lua in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Lua or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Lua 90
- Luah 5
Lua in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,980 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2022 | 109 | #1,856 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,926 |
| 2020 | 97 | #1,959 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 93 | #2,071 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
Names like Lua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua Noa Esme Pippa Layla Luna Aria Croia Lucia Poppy Coco Lola
More Portuguese names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lua, updated 20 October 2026.