Lupita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loo-PEE-tuh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Lupita is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “river valley, perhaps of the wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Lupita mean?
Spanish: pet form of Guadalupe, a Spanish place name partly from Arabic wadi 'river'
“river valley, perhaps of the wolf”
Short for Guadalupe, from Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title of the Virgin Mary especially venerated in Mexico.
Is Lupita a girl's or a boy's name?
Lupita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lupita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,211th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Lupita, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,376th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 159 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Lupita in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lupita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 74 | #2,376 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,709 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2017 | 82 | #2,268 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,853 |
| 2013 | 111 | #1,824 |
| 2012 | 116 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 103 | #1,927 |
| 2010 | 116 | #1,769 |
| 2009 | 144 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 137 | #1,642 |
| 2007 | 159 | #1,468 |
| 2006 | 152 | #1,462 |
| 2005 | 149 | #1,432 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,987 |
| 2003 | 98 | #1,873 |
| 2002 | 106 | #1,718 |
| 2001 | 107 | #1,684 |
| 2000 | 92 | #1,851 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,558 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,622 |
| 1996 | 92 | #1,654 |
| 1995 | 96 | #1,572 |
| 1994 | 110 | #1,441 |
| 1993 | 116 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 106 | #1,483 |
| 1991 | 85 | #1,704 |
| 1990 | 89 | #1,653 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,800 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,943 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,171 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,992 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,809 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,088 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,976 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 34 | #2,296 |
| 1970 | 44 | #1,931 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,023 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,909 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,659 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,731 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,819 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,605 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,870 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,444 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,676 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,664 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,793 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,488 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,770 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,401 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,660 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,790 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,735 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Nicknames for Lupita
- Lupe 6 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Lupita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esmeralda, Lucero, Ximena, Luz, Marisol, Dulce, Sierra, Solana, Lucia, Luciana, Ariana, Mariana
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Paloma, Amaia
Sources
Figures from 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, “Lupita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lupita, updated 20 October 2026.