Lunar

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lunar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lunar: Recorded since 2014, it reached #2,170 in 2019, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
11years from first to last
#2170highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2014–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2016	#2367
2017	#2201
2018	#2901
2019	#2170
2021	#2341
2022	#3970
2023	#4709
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 10 of the 11 years from 2014 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2014–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2014
First recorded at #4684 among girls in England and Wales in 2014 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2014–2024
Highest recorded position: #2170 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2014–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lunar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2014 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2170 in England and Wales in 2019.

Lunar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2014 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,170, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Luna-Rae · #828, 12y
Luna-Rose · #838, 13y
Luqmaan · #1110, 29y
Luqman · #633, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bellatrix · #2170, 13y
Binky · #2170, 11y
Haaniyah · #2170, 15y
Lulah · #2170, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Bellatrix · #2170, 13y
Binky · #2170, 11y
Kace · #2172, 10y
Muhammad-Eesa · #2165, 13y

Lunar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lunar without appearing here.

Lunar moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Lunar

Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2341 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2488.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2170 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1785.
Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #2201.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2014 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2170 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lunar

Lunar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

Lunar and the names beside it

Lunar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lunar

Lunar at a glance

Lunar appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Lunar and the names beside it

Lunar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lunar