Is Lue a boy or girl name?

Lue is primarily used as a girl name in the US.

Lue isn't in the current US top charts, but 7,169 babies have been given the name since 1880.

Girl nameNot in the current top charts

Lue

//ˈlu//

1 syllablePeak year: 19193 lettersStarts with L

Meaning & origin

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Lue's popularity over time

Yearly US births named Lue, Social Security Administration data
Year	Births named Lue
1880	19
1881	29
1882	35
1883	20
1884	31
1885	30
1886	46
1887	26
1888	35
1889	38
1890	36
1891	38
1892	34
1893	36
1894	35
1895	41
1896	32
1897	35
1898	34
1899	33
1900	60
1901	35
1902	57
1903	50
1904	37
1905	48
1906	45
1907	67
1908	48
1909	53
1910	70
1911	80
1912	77
1913	91
1914	86
1915	115
1916	113
1917	139
1918	128
1919	176
1920	141
1921	126
1922	161
1923	168
1924	166
1925	160
1926	134
1927	151
1928	140
1929	152
1930	144
1931	113
1932	125
1933	109
1934	148
1935	123
1936	118
1937	111
1938	112
1939	98
1940	120
1941	122
1942	131
1943	96
1944	101
1945	97
1946	94
1947	102
1948	81
1949	78
1950	68
1951	70
1952	70
1953	89
1954	96
1955	87
1956	64
1957	57
1958	44
1959	43
1960	56
1961	42
1962	30
1963	25
1964	33
1965	12
1966	14
1967	15
1968	18
1969	11
1970	20
1971	9
1972	11
1973	8
1976	6
1977	11
1979	7
1981	13
1982	6
1983	7
1985	19
1986	11
1987	6
1988	9
1989	15
1990	18
1991	11
1992	8
1993	10
1994	12
1995	9
1996	7
1997	8
2000	8
2007	6
2009	5
2013	5

Lue through the decades

Lue peaked in 1919, when 176 babies were named Lue in the US.
The 1920s were Lue's strongest decade, averaging 150 births a year.
Over the last 10 years of data (1992–2013), use of Lue has fallen 32% compared to the 10 years before that.

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