Lux
Lux was the 1168th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 177 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 981st with 230 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,314 places. More babies were named Lux in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,168 boys, up 124 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 177boys
- Girls and boys
- 31% girls, 69% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022230 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,181babies recorded
Lux popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #2,918 | #1,168 | 58 | 177 |
| 2020 | #1,693 | #1,292 | 121 | 141 |
| 2010 | #2,283 | #4,063 | 84 | 25 |
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How popular is Lux, counting every spelling?
Lux is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,007 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,168 for Lux on its own. Together these spellings went to 208 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lux | 177 | #1,168 | 943 |
| Luxe | 16 | #5,751 | 108 |
| Luxx | 15 | #6,031 | 77 |
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 Lux?
177 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lux (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lux 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 47 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lux.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lux?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Lux are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 7. That makes Lux 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.
Lux by state
How common Lux was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (2.8×), Oklahoma (2.6×), Utah (2.5×), Indiana (2.3×), Louisiana (1.8×). In 21 states fewer than five boys 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 Lux: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lux, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lux
How popular is the name Lux?
Lux was the 1168th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 177 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 981st with 230 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,314 places. More babies were named Lux in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Lux a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 31% girls, 69% boys given the name Lux in the US.
Where is Lux most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lux was most common in Iowa (0.30 per 1,000 boys), followed by North Dakota and Oklahoma.