Lotus
Recorded 1896–2025 · United States
Lotus was most popular in 2021, when 165 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,503 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,929, with 132 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,978 people named Lotus.
Lotus over time
How old is the name Lotus?
Lotus first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1896, which makes it about 129 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 101 of the 130 years since.
How many people are named Lotus?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,978 American births named Lotus between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,348 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Lotus in 2025?
132 American babies were named Lotus in 2025, ranking #2,929 that year.
Is Lotus getting more or less popular?
Lotus is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 146 births a year, against 81 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +80% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Lotus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Lotus is mostly a girl’s name — 92.9% of the 2,978 Americans given it were girls and 7.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 88% girls and 12% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Lotus?
Roughly 2,348 Americans named Lotus are alive today — 79% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 5 and 17. That is a narrow band because Lotus is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Lotus is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org