How Many People Are Named Lux?
people named Lux are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 108,125 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,181 babies named Lux in Social Security records from 2001 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
334 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Latin lux meaning "light".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lux, 52% were girls and 48% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lux fell from 79% in the 2000s to 33.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lux alive today is about 7 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 10 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lux first appears in the records in 2001 and was given most often in 2022, to 334 babies. In 2025, 235 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2001 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lux has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,689, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #2,918. Among boys, its best rank was #981, in 2022.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,918 | #1,168 |
| Best rank | #1,689 (2014) | #981 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,041 in the 2010s | #1,143 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lux alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lux were born in California than in any other state: about 321 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lux was given 2.3 times as often in Indiana, 1.8 times in Arizona and 1.8 times in Ohio.
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