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Lux

#2,918 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

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Lux has been given to 3,181 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,918 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 125 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% girls, 48% boys all-time.

Babies named Lux, 2025

1 in 57,200

Lux over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lux over time

In 2025, Lux went to 25% girls and 75% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lux: meaning, origin, and history

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Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lux means

Lux means “light”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,653 girls were recorded with the name Lux between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 125 in 2014; its best national rank was #1,689 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,693 in 2020 to #2,918 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,991 in 2015 to #2,918 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,528 boys were recorded with the name Lux between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 230 in 2022; its best national rank was #981 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,292 in 2020 to #1,168 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,481 in 2015 to #1,168 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Lux?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 57,200
58 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 27,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,918
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
39,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lux sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 39,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lux. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Luxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lux was born before 2017 — so the typical Lux is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
59.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,653
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 59.0% of all recorded uses (975).

Is Lux rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−108
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,225
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−927
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.58×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
46.4%
Peak was 2014 (125)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,689
2014

Where Lux is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Lux was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 28,894 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 14,286
  2. 2Ohio1 in 14,286
  3. 3Utah1 in 14,286
  4. 4Indiana1 in 16,667
  5. 5California1 in 20,000
  6. 6Arizona1 in 25,000
  7. 7Iowa1 in 25,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Lux is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Lux was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 6,667 boys, against 1 in 15,856 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 50,000).

215 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 6,667
  2. 2Indiana1 in 6,667
  3. 3North Dakota1 in 7,143
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 7,143
  5. 5South Dakota1 in 7,692
  6. 6Utah1 in 7,692
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 8,333
  8. 8Ohio1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Lux around the world

Where Lux ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • France
    2012–2012
    #7,561
    in 2012
  • Canada
    2010–2024
    #2,710
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2008–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lux by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,918
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,225
Best rank ever
#1,689
2014
Peak year
2014
125 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,653
Count in 2025
58

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,168
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 124
Best rank ever
#981
2022
Peak year
2022
230 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,528
Count in 2025
177

Names similar to Lux

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Lux

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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