Lupita
Feminine · “river of the wolf”
Lupita is the affectionate form of Guadalupe, and Guadalupe is one of the most important names in Mexico — a Marian title, a basilica and a national symbol all at once. The word itself is half Arabic and half Latin.
How old is the name Lupita?
Lupita first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Lupita alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 5,300 people named Lupita are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lupita most popular?
Lupita peaked in 1993, reaching #1397 nationally. Today it ranks #3211, 1,814 places below that high. See the whole 1993 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Guadalupe to Lupita
The story of Lupita
Guadalupe is a river and a monastery in Extremadura, in a part of Spain long under Arabic-speaking rule, which is why its name begins with the Arabic word for a watercourse. Spanish devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe crossed to Mexico in the sixteenth century and became something larger there than it had ever been in Spain. Lupita is the Spanish diminutive of the resulting name, and for a great many Mexican families it is the everyday name that the formal one is almost never used for.
Meaningscholars disagree
river of the wolf
The Spanish place name Guadalupe joins the Arabic wadi, a river or valley, to a second element usually read as the Latin lupus, wolf. Other readings of that second element have been proposed and none is settled; the Arabic first half is not in doubt.
How the name formed
- Guadalupe
- Lupe
- Lupita
Related forms: Guadalupe · Lupe
Pronouncing Lupita
loo-PEE-tah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. English speakers usually get it right at first attempt.
Nicknames for Lupita
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
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 2005149 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1397reached in 1993
- Change vs 2023
- +11.4%49 in 2025, from 44
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.
Lupita in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Guadalupe in Spanish — related form
- Lupe in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.
Lupitas among us
people named Lupita are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 32,801 born in 2025 was named Lupita
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 Kalisha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lupita's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kalisha climbed just as high around 1978, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kalisha's path sketches the road Lupita is walking now.
Lupita 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 Lupita is headed
Lupita is easing off slowly — about 20% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Lupita beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lupita in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It carries one of the central names of Mexican life without the weight of the full form.
- Every letter is sounded, so Spanish and English speakers alike read it correctly.
- Lupe and Lu are both ready short forms with their own histories.
- It is a diminutive by construction, and some families prefer the full Guadalupe on documents.
- Guadalupe is used for men as well as women in Mexico, which surprises people outside it.
- Outside Spanish-speaking settings the devotional weight of the name goes unnoticed, which is a loss rather than a problem.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lupitas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,300 people named Lupita are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lupita in 2025?
- Lupita ranks #3211 among US girl names in 2025, with 49 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lupita?
- About 1 in every 32,801 US girls born in 2025 was named Lupita — 49 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lupita with classmates?
- Lupita will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lupita
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