Lotus

Popularity Trends

The name Lotus is the #5,184 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,697 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 33.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,445 (39.7% percentile) for all time with 2,528 births since 1896. For boys, it ranks #4,417 (3.6% percentile) for all time with 169 births since 1915.

Lotus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (1896 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Lotus is available in 99 out of the 128 years between 1896 and 2023 (99 years for girls and 19 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Lotus has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 87.9% of babies named Lotus were girls.

For girls, Lotus reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 14.3% percentile (ranked #802) with 78 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 79 births per million (ranked 14.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lotus is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #814 (14.1% percentile) with 79 births per million.

For boys, Lotus reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #910) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lotus ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 77.8% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lotus".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

2,528

Peak Births

139

Peak Year

2021

First Recorded

1896

Peak Percentile

14.3%

Current Percentile

14.1%

Peak Rank

#802

Current Rank

#814

Female statistics

Total Births

169

Peak Births

Peak Year

2021

First Recorded

1915

Peak Percentile

2.2%

Current Percentile

1.5%

Peak Rank

#910

Current Rank

#897

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lotus", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Lotus.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Lotus's popularity from 1893 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Lotus at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Lotus range from Adelina at 90.9% correlation to Clover at 88.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 88.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Juliette with 36.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Oden with 1.4K births (100% boys).

Lotus' share of births peaked at 90.9 births per million in 2021 (78.9 for girls in 2021 and 13.3 for boys in 2021). It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (3% of peak) in 1959. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Lotus had 89.3 births per million, 98% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Adelina

14.8k

90.88% (very strong)

Evangeline

33k

90.12% (very strong)

Oden

1,433

90.06% (very strong)

Maizie

2,509

89.12% (very strong)

Serafina

3,271

89.04% (very strong)

Eila

1,690

88.69% (very strong)

Milan

24.4k

88.55% (very strong)

Juliette

36.3k

88.52% (very strong)

Mccoy

4,090

88.20% (very strong)

Marlowe

5,330

88.05% (very strong)

Zephyr

2,800

88.03% (very strong)

Clover

4,637

88.01% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Lotus

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Lotus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Lotus is pronounced as LOH-tuhs, which has 2 syllables.

LOH-tuhs

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LOH-tuhs (2 syllables)

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100.0% confidence

L OW1 T AH0 S

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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