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Lulu

Gender
Girl
Say it
LOO-loo
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,217 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,167 for girls

Lulu is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).

What does Lulu mean?

Germanic: pet form of Louise and other Lu- names

Pet form of Louise or Lucy; by coincidence, lulu also means pearl in Arabic and Swahili.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lulu a girl's or a boy's name?

Lulu is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lulu in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,217th among girls
Babies in 2025
28 about 1 in 9,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Lulu, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 51 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lulu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 51 in 20092025
Lulu in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202528#1,217
202421#1,538
202322#1,497
202222#1,485
202132#1,138
202024#1,389
201931#1,159
201826#1,335
201730#1,213
201626#1,361
201524#1,431
201433#1,131
201328#1,296
201249#846
201144#887
201044#872
200951#770
200841#876
200733#985
200627#1,087
200539#793
200434#866
200327#965
200223#1,053
200123#1,013
20008#2,097
19995#2,912
19989#1,951
19979#1,927
19965#2,815

How popular is Lulu in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,167th among girls
Babies in 2025
50 about 1 in 32,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Lulu, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 1886, with 376 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lulu in the US since 1880 were born between 1889 and 1925. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1880Busiest: 376 in 18862025
Lulu in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202550#3,167
202447#3,335
202363#2,730
202264#2,689
202162#2,751
202059#2,779
201957#2,891
201863#2,710
201766#2,635
201650#3,229
201560#2,890
201452#3,135
201358#2,902
201254#3,093
201154#3,091
201051#3,202
200941#3,799
200859#2,956
200750#3,329
200631#4,575
200526#4,954
200422#5,551
200326#4,799
200217#6,386
200116#6,614
200014#7,152
199915#6,478
199814#6,714
19976#12,065
19965#13,511
19959#8,761
19947#10,563
19936#11,773
19920–
199111#7,423
19906#11,403
19890–
19885#11,792
19870–
19860–
19850–
19846#9,139
19838#7,310
19826#9,235
19816#9,108
19800–
197913#5,091
19786#8,560
19778#6,890
19768#6,609
19757#7,171
197414#4,226
197314#4,154
197216#3,714
197115#3,941
197012#4,491
196910#4,722
196815#3,455
196714#3,483
196612#3,739
196516#3,148
196414#3,514
196311#4,018
196218#2,921
196118#2,956
196017#2,988
195929#2,107
195823#2,375
195721#2,485
195621#2,452
195519#2,552
195424#2,185
195317#2,594
195222#2,199
195115#2,693
195022#2,052
194929#1,766
194824#1,952
194722#2,088
194621#2,023
194516#2,148
194428#1,544
194327#1,624
194226#1,629
194142#1,151
194041#1,132
193954#960
193864#875
193750#992
193692#695
193586#723
193466#839
193342#1,076
193265#862
193157#920
193071#847
192978#798
192879#805
1927114#678
1926116#673
1925114#688
1924113#698
1923137#629
1922133#635
1921160#566
1920177#532
1919183#497
1918183#502
1917166#518
1916198#451
1915167#478
1914158#428
1913110#484
1912125#414
191182#450
1910112#368
1909123#323
1908120#322
1907127#308
1906115#313
1905126#297
1904151#256
1903122#285
1902161#240
1901135#247
1900196#227
1899179#209
1898209#203
1897199#196
1896228#181
1895258#165
1894278#155
1893304#136
1892325#133
1891315#124
1890364#111
1889341#112
1888367#105
1887322#103
1886376#90
1885360#85
1884344#86
1883302#88
1882279#93
1881313#76
1880249#86

Nicknames for Lulu

Names like Lulu

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lottie, Lola, Matilda, Ada, Millie, Mabel, Ella, Florence, Hattie, Etta, Ottilie, Rosa

Names related to Lulu

Lula

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Harry, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles

Every Germanic name

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, “Lulu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lulu, updated 20 October 2026.