Luellen vs Luetta
American parents have registered 2,073 Luettas since 1880, against 695 Luellens. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Luellen Luetta
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 96 years in which either name was published, Luetta for 81 years and Luellen for 15 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1882–1951 Luetta ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1952–1965 Luellen ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1975–2024 Luetta ahead
10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Luellen | Luetta | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 695 | 2,073 |
| Most in one year | 24 | 77 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 310 | 470 |
| Median age today | 71 | 76 |
| Peak year | 1948 | 1928 |
| Best rank | 1,953rd girls | 821st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1900 | 1882 |
| Girls / boys | 690 / 5 | 2,073 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Luettas alive today are over 76; half the Luellens are over 71. That is 5 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Luellen and Luetta.