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
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 411 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 27,874since 1886
Luz over time
Rank among girls' names. Luz has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #838 | 324 | — | |
| 2024 | #747 | 377 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #844 | 321 | — | |
| 2022 | #940 | 288 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,035 | 245 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,010 | 250 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #897 | 297 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #1,003 | 260 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,020 | 254 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #999 | 264 | — | |
| 2015 | #958 | 283 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #1,067 | 241 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #892 | 288 | — | |
| 2012 | #865 | 307 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #868 | 301 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #746 | 374 | — | |
| 2009 | #747 | 380 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #732 | 407 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #604 | 498 | — | |
| 2006 | #588 | 496 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #603 | 472 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #600 | 467 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #578 | 478 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #591 | 437 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #518 | 517 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #533 | 489 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #463 | 573 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #500 | 510 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #508 | 479 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #678 | 322 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #653 | 329 | — | |
| 1994 | #645 | 336 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #632 | 355 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #628 | 360 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #624 | 362 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #604 | 374 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #625 | 338 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #638 | 310 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #573 | 346 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #600 | 322 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #586 | 333 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #582 | 314 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #536 | 350 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #525 | 373 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #534 | 352 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #490 | 422 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #456 | 447 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #520 | 357 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #510 | 364 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #488 | 375 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #482 | 381 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #475 | 375 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #501 | 344 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #454 | 411 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #479 | 402 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #476 | 426 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #460 | 442 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #467 | 421 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #509 | 348 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #482 | 372 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #541 | 307 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #531 | 343 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #541 | 321 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #588 | 284 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #602 | 280 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #585 | 286 | — | |
| 1959 | #631 | 249 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #625 | 246 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #670 | 215 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #630 | 231 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #656 | 204 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #692 | 183 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #736 | 153 | — | |
| 1952 | #906 | 104 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #857 | 109 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #959 | 88 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #1,023 | 76 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #950 | 84 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,059 | 70 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #1,121 | 57 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #1,213 | 43 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #1,079 | 52 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #1,327 | 31 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #894 | 65 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #814 | 75 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #724 | 95 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #786 | 85 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #971 | 59 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #960 | 60 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #920 | 68 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #1,111 | 47 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #962 | 60 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #1,057 | 51 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #1,357 | 29 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 | — | |
| 1913 | #925 | 33 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | — | |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1972 at #454 (411 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1950–2013
- 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
- 16.6% of all girls named Luz (4,641) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #860 (1887) | #1,081 |
| 1890s | 47 | #1,091 (1893) | #1,406 |
| 1900s | 95 | #945 (1907) | #1,320 |
| 1910s | 290 | #925 (1913) | #1,151 |
| 1920s | 654 | #724 (1928) | #931 |
| 1930s | 391 | #894 (1930) | #1,182 |
| 1940s | 536 | #950 (1948) | #1,156 |
| 1950s | 1,782 | #625 (1958) | #736 |
| 1960s | 3,404 | #460 (1969) | #531 |
| 1970s | 3,882 | #454 (1972) | #484 |
| 1980s | 3,460 | #490 (1980) | #569 |
| 1990s | 4,000 | #463 (1999) | #594 |
| 2000s | 4,641 | #518 (2001) | #609 |
| 2010s | 2,869 | #746 (2010) | #932 |
| 2020s | 1,805 | #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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 3,465 of them was named Luz, which outranked 97.0% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 159,281 of them was named Luz, which outranked 54.4% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,873Yousif13
- #4,873Yovanny13
- #4,873Zohaib13
- #5,159Luz12
- #5,159Aarin12
- #5,159Abhay12
- #5,159Abid12
- #5,466Aaric11
- #5,466Abdoulaye11
- #5,466Abdulmalik11
Tied with 306 names at #5,159; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.