Lluvia
Feminine · “rain”
Lluvia is rain in Spanish, and the Latin behind it is pluvia — the pl became ll in Spanish, as it did in llorar and llamar.
How old is the name Lluvia?
Lluvia first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Lluvia alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 3,700 people named Lluvia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lluvia most popular?
Lluvia peaked in 2008, reaching #1097 nationally. Today it ranks #2117, 1,020 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
From pluvia to Lluvia
The story of Lluvia
Spanish turned every Latin pl- into ll-, so a whole set of words shifted together: rain, to weep, to call, full, flat. Lluvia is the ordinary word for rain and is used as a given name in Mexico and Central America. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
rain
From the Spanish lluvia, from the Latin pluvia, 'rain'. Latin pl- regularly became Spanish ll-, which is why pluvia gave lluvia, plorare gave llorar and plenus gave lleno. The sound change is one of the most regular in the language. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- pluvia
- lluvia
- Lluvia
Related forms: Lluvia · Pluvia · Pioggia
Pronouncing Lluvia
YOO-vyah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Spanish ll is a y sound; English speakers read it as an l.
Nicknames for Lluvia
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1975
- Most girls named
- 2008237 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1097reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- −3.3%88 in 2025, from 91
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lluvia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lluvia in Spanish — same name
- Pluvia in Latin — related form
- Pioggia in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Lluvias among us
people named Lluvia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,264 born in 2025 was named Lluvia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Letisha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lluvia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Letisha climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Letisha's path sketches the road Lluvia is walking now.
Lluvia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lluvia is headed
Lluvia should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lluvia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lluvia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Latin pl- became Spanish ll- across a whole set of words is a first-rate sound history.
- The rain meaning is concrete and needs no explanation in Spanish.
- Via is available as a short form with a real record.
- English speakers will pronounce the ll as an l.
- It is an ordinary Spanish noun and reads as one.
- It will need spelling out in English-speaking contexts.
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Feminine · #2117 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Lluvias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,700 people named Lluvia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lluvia in 2025?
- Lluvia ranks #2117 among US girl names in 2025, with 88 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lluvia?
- About 1 in every 18,264 US girls born in 2025 was named Lluvia — 88 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lluvia with classmates?
- Lluvia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lluvia
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