Luz

#838 for girls in 2025, 324 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 96.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1972 · 411 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,874
since 1886

Luz over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Luz has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #454, 1972girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#838324
2024#747377#10,9386
2023#844321
2022#940288
2021#1,035245
2020#1,010250#10,6056
2019#897297#12,1455
2018#1,003260
2017#1,020254#10,7756
2016#999264
2015#958283#10,6446
2014#1,067241#10,7176
2013#892288
2012#865307#10,7706
2011#868301#12,2875
2010#746374
2009#747380#9,8647
2008#732407#11,0376
2007#604498
2006#588496#7,9989
2005#603472#9,1157
2004#600467#5,24615
2003#578478#7,8318
2002#591437#8,4567
2001#518517#5,66712
2000#533489#6,31610
1999#463573#5,03513
1998#500510#5,15912
1997#508479#9,2655
1996#678322#9,0155
1995#653329
1994#645336#4,53713
1993#632355#5,00211
1992#628360#4,56412
1991#624362#4,23113
1990#604374#3,97114
1989#625338#3,80914
1988#638310#3,70513
1987#573346#3,52113
1986#600322#4,8538
1985#586333#3,59912
1984#582314#3,70111
1983#536350#3,23013
1982#525373#3,10814
1981#534352#3,22113
1980#490422#3,09814
1979#456447#3,81010
1978#520357#2,79915
1977#510364#4,5827
1976#488375#3,7249
1975#482381#2,90213
1974#475375#2,94612
1973#501344#2,71613
1972#454411#3,6228
1971#479402#3,3709
1970#476426#3,2829
1969#460442#2,86110
1968#467421#2,9079
1967#509348#2,9858
1966#482372#2,7849
1965#541307#2,47611
1964#531343#2,8549
1963#541321#2,67310
1962#588284#3,0418
1961#602280#2,14815
1960#585286
1959#631249#2,66310
1958#625246#3,0338
1957#670215#3,5526
1956#630231#2,36112
1955#656204#3,5056
1954#692183#2,7439
1953#736153
1952#906104#3,7345
1951#857109#2,05514
1950#95988#2,5809
1949#1,02376#2,22512
1948#95084#2,6089
1947#1,05970#2,8628
1946#1,12157#2,40310
1945#1,21343#2,3939
1944#1,07952#3,1096
1943#1,12451#3,2316
1942#1,49730#2,7128
1941#1,38431
1940#1,11442#2,4789
1939#1,32731
1938#1,28832#3,5345
1937#1,28232#3,1756
1936#1,54923#2,8547
1935#1,01846#3,2526
1934#1,23633#2,7428
1933#1,08541#2,36810
1932#1,01548#2,8498
1931#1,12740#2,8648
1930#89465#2,44411
1929#81475#3,5596
1928#72495#2,52211
1927#78685#2,03416
1926#97159#1,78719
1925#96060#2,43512
1924#92068#2,82210
1923#1,11147#3,8226
1922#96260#3,5327
1921#1,05751#2,63211
1920#1,00554#2,76510
1919#1,13342#2,51111
1918#1,25536#3,7286
1917#1,30731#2,7329
1916#1,35729
1915#1,25831#3,8255
1914#1,19926
1913#92533
1912#1,00326#2,0457
1911#1,07117
1910#99719
1909#1,7637
1908#1,5478#1,3735
1907#94516
1906#1,04313
1905#1,09312#1,2335
1904#1,4867
1903#1,3188
1902#1,2199
1901#1,2278#9436
1900#1,5617
1899#1,2787
1898#1,7005
1897#1,5555
1896#1,4166
1895#1,4266
1894
1893#1,0918
1892#1,4505
1891#1,3325
1890
1889
1888#1,2765
1887#8608
1886#1,1085
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Luz! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Luz
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 91 spots since 2024 (#747#838)
  • 172 spots since 2020 (#1,010#838)
  • 120 spots since 2015 (#958#838)
  • Biggest jump: 766 spots in 1910 (#1,763#997)
  • Biggest drop: 602 spots in 1908 (#945#1,547)
Rise & fade · girls
86 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1972 at #454 (411 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1950–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,096
  • Highest: 1 in 3,096 girls born in 1999 were named Luz (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,961 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #454 in 1972, was only 1 in 3,701 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 16.6% of all girls named Luz (4,641) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#860 (1887)#1,081
1890s47#1,091 (1893)#1,406
1900s95#945 (1907)#1,320
1910s290#925 (1913)#1,151
1920s654#724 (1928)#931
1930s391#894 (1930)#1,182
1940s536#950 (1948)#1,156
1950s1,782#625 (1958)#736
1960s3,404#460 (1969)#531
1970s3,882#454 (1972)#484
1980s3,460#490 (1980)#569
1990s4,000#463 (1999)#594
2000s4,641#518 (2001)#609
2010s2,869#746 (2010)#932
2020s1,805#747 (2024)#902

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Luz in 1988

girls
#638
310 births · 1 in 5,745 girls
boys
#3,705
13 births · 1 in 147,253 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #638Luz310

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #3,705Luz13
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 5,745 of them was named Luz, which outranked 95.4% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luz
  1. #635Cheyenne314
  2. #636Lucia313
  3. #637Adrianne312
  4. #638Luz310
  5. #638Gwendolyn310
  6. #638Kylee310
  7. #638Marisela310
  8. #642Eleanor309
  9. #642Emilie309
  10. #642Roxana309

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 147,253 of them was named Luz, which outranked 56.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luz
  1. #3,523Willam14
  2. #3,523Yancey14
  3. #3,523Zacchaeus14
  4. #3,705Luz13
  5. #3,705Aamir13
  6. #3,705Abdallah13
  7. #3,705Abrahim13
  8. #3,915Abrahan12
  9. #3,915Albaro12
  10. #3,915Alistair12

Tied with 209 names at #3,705; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988