Luna is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “the moon.” In 2024 it was given to 7,135 girls in the United States.
Luna belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “the moon” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Luna first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #10 in 2022, and in 2024 7,135 babies received the name — 81,568 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Luna means “the moon” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Luna is a girl name. In 2024, 7,135 babies received the name in the US.
Luna comes from the Spanish and English & American tradition.
Luna first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #10 in 2022, and 7,135 babies were given the name in 2024.
Luna is pronounced /ˈluːnə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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