Lupe
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Meaning
nickname for Guadalupe; a warm, standalone classic in its own right
The story
Lupe is the Spanish short form of Guadalupe, used for women and men. The longer name comes from Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a Marian title referring to a Spanish place and convent. The place name begins with Arabic wādī, "valley" or "river," and may combine it with Latin lupus, "wolf"; that second element is uncertain. In Mexican Catholic tradition, the title recalls Mary’s apparitions to Juan Diego at Tepeyac in 1531, and the feast is observed on the twelfth of December. Another Lupe appears in Diego Rivera’s portrait of Lupe Marín, seated in his San Ángel studio with a mirror repeating her figure. Marín was also a writer from Guadalajara. Rivera made the portraits in 1938 to illustrate her novel La única, placing her on both sides of the work: the artist’s subject and the author whose book supplied its destination.
The formal names behind Lupe
Lupe is an established short form of this name.
Guadalupe · Spanish origin · from the valley of the wolf; honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most revered names across generations of Mexican-American Catholic families
How popular is Lupe around the world?
In the United States, 45 babies were named Lupe between 2020 and 2025. In Argentina, 171 newborns were given the name Lupe in 2024.
Lupe is on the official records of the United States, Argentina, Chile, Spain and Brazil.
United States
1 in 480,000
In the United States, 45 babies were named Lupe between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lupe peaked in the 1910s and the 1970s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Argentina
1 in 3,900
In Argentina, 171 newborns were given the name Lupe in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Chile
1 in 13,000
In Chile, 14 girls were registered as Lupe in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Spain
1 in 210,000
In Spain, 217 residents are named Lupe, ranked 4,211th among women, with a mean age of 28.6 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 63 people in Brazil were named Lupe, ranked 56,841st, with a median age of 45.
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
England and Wales
last on record 2013
Lupe is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Mexico City City
last on record 2016
Lupe is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Montevideo City
last on record 2010
Lupe is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
New Zealand
last on record 2009
Lupe is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Lupe
People given the name Lupe in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 1979. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
Where Lupe travels
Samoan · dove, pigeon; a common given name
Keep exploring
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The Lupe deep dive
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