Latin luna, "moon" — moon. The Roman moon goddess; almost unused as a given name in America before 2000.
Luna ranks 27th among American girls in 2025, with 6,085 born that year. Its best year was 2022, when 8,992 babies were given the name, ranking 10th. The typical living American called Luna is about 6 years old today. It is relatively most common in Hawaii, where it accounts for 0.71% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.