A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Lupe
sunbaked · pithy · utilitarian
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenDerived as a clipped form of Guadalupe, tracing linguistically to a mixture of the Arabic wadi for valley and the Latin lupus for wolf. It appeared as an independent entry in American birth rolls in 1885. It has maintained a steady presence as an unadorned standalone name ever since.
Also answers toLupita, Pita, Lu
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1885–2025
SSA Data 1885 peak: 572 souls, A.D. 1944 2025
2025: 13 born, holding steady
Estimated Age
66 yrs
Most Lupes were born around 1946 — predates the ZIP code.
Peak Reign
1944
№328 that year
Generation
Boomer, 45%
then Silent 22% · Gen X 20%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈25K ever born · holding steady
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Lupe grew up with
SSA Datablack-and-white TV·Elvis on Ed Sullivan·hula hoops
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Lupe peaked in 1944.
Estimated average age: 66.
What people think
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Lupe sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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Public Opinion Ledger
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* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name reads as direct, capable, and disinclined to waste syllables. Hearing it today brings to mind someone born during the middle of the twentieth century who knows how to fix things without consulting a manual. It carries a brisk, no-nonsense air. It sounds like someone who keeps a spare key hidden in a place nobody would guess.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name reached its absolute peak in 1944 with 572 registered births.
Field Note 02
The average bearer is sixty-six years old, placing the densest cluster squarely in the post-war generation.
Field Note 03
Though about seventy-six percent of bearers on file are female, roughly one in four is male.
Notable Lupes
AI-WrittenLupe Vélezstage and screen actress, b. 1908
Lupe Ontiveroscharacter actress, b. 1942
Lupe Valdezcounty sheriff and politician, b. 1947
Ephemera — If Lupe were a…
AI-WrittenCity
San Antonio
Color
Terracotta
Job
County clerk
Artifact
Steel desktop stapler
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