The name Luther is of German origin, and means army people.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Luther has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Luther
Use of the Name Luther for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
63,846
12,274
2,658
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Luther has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Luther last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1994, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Luther
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
64
260
1881
65
249
1882
64
284
1883
69
229
1884
69
273
1885
71
259
1886
71
253
1887
63
267
1888
74
275
1889
72
270
1890
71
253
1891
71
236
1892
70
295
1893
70
271
1894
71
285
1895
73
269
1896
74
265
1897
71
271
1898
76
275
1899
81
248
1900
83
316
1901
79
244
1902
81
267
1903
80
265
1904
82
286
1905
79
308
1906
89
262
1907
91
280
1908
91
292
1909
87
347
1910
88
382
1911
100
395
1912
114
664
1913
116
748
1914
114
985
1915
115
1,200
1916
116
1,287
1917
116
1,302
1918
120
1,414
1919
117
1,383
1920
123
1,381
1921
123
1,447
1922
118
1,475
1923
126
1,332
1924
127
1,398
1925
133
1,336
1926
135
1,288
1927
139
1,256
1928
145
1,148
1929
145
1,120
1930
148
1,100
1931
156
960
1932
156
962
1933
162
871
1934
167
864
1935
169
826
1936
171
805
1937
169
861
1938
177
826
1939
184
766
1940
177
822
1941
179
843
1942
184
856
1943
190
841
1944
184
856
1945
205
699
1946
210
808
1947
222
820
1948
226
818
1949
236
747
1950
239
757
1951
255
683
1952
251
735
1953
267
681
1954
272
670
1955
268
698
1956
301
612
1957
317
579
1958
337
522
1959
340
520
1960
337
534
1961
361
486
1962
376
460
1963
379
442
1964
369
450
1965
395
395
1966
393
365
1967
447
285
1968
430
318
1969
432
337
1970
441
343
1971
457
317
1972
457
294
1973
493
248
1974
511
242
1975
525
236
1976
514
244
1977
543
234
1978
568
219
1979
558
236
1980
608
206
1981
565
229
1982
568
227
1983
578
213
1984
639
181
1985
679
171
1986
659
184
1987
729
156
1988
712
173
1989
717
190
1990
767
176
1991
877
144
1992
910
135
1993
879
147
1994
992
126
Totals:
63,846
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Luther as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Luther appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 115 times during the last 125 years.