Lumen
Lumen was the 6461st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 3634th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,827 places. More babies were named Lumen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,461 girls, down 2,333 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18girls
- Girls and boys
- 82% girls, 18% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201543 babies
- Total since 1880
- 527babies recorded
Lumen popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #6,461 | #11,480 | 18 | 6 |
| 2020 | #4,128 | #7,861 | 34 | 10 |
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How popular is Lumen, counting every spelling?
Lumen is the most common spelling of a name family that had 18 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 18 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumen | 18 | #6,461 | 134 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lumen?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lumen (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lumen born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lumen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lumen?
About 500 people born in the US named Lumen are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 11. That makes Lumen a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lumen by state
How common Lumen was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lumen: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lumen, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lumen
How popular is the name Lumen?
Lumen was the 6461st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 3634th with 43 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,827 places. More babies were named Lumen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lumen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 82% girls, 18% boys given the name Lumen in the US.
Where is Lumen most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lumen was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).