girls:
15 births since 2022
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2022
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
21 births since 2022
#7718 (0th percentile)
The name Lunar is the #7,718 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 21 recorded births since 2022. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 2022. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2022.
Lunar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2022 .
The name Lunar has been given predominantly to girls, with 71.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Lunar were girls.
For girls, Lunar reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #942) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Currently, Lunar is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #942 (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million.
For boys, Lunar reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #923) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile).
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lunar".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lunar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.0% confident that Lunar is pronounced as LUE-ner, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LUE-nahr, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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