Meaning and history
The name means “the moon” in Latin and in several Romance languages, including Italian and Spanish. In Roman mythology, Luna was the goddess of the moon and was often shown driving a white chariot across the sky.
20062006: 592 births, rank #512
2007: 713 births, rank #452
2008: 808 births, rank #397
2009: 1,015 births, rank #324
2010: 942 births, rank #342
20112011: 1,145 births, rank #279
2012: 1,414 births, rank #225
2013: 1,747 births, rank #183
2014: 2,341 births, rank #142
2015: 2,809 births, rank #112
20162016: 3,688 births, rank #77
2017: 5,356 births, rank #37
2018: 6,937 births, rank #23
2019: 7,800 births, rank #16
2020: 7,850 births, rank #14
20212021: 8,241 births, rank #11
2022: 8,977 births, rank #10
2023: 7,853 births, rank #10
2024: 7,164 births, rank #13
20252025: 6,076 births, rank #27
Luna has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #950 by 1921, before climbing to #27 in 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2022, with 8,977 births.