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Lucifer

Boy

Meaning of Lucifer: Latin: 'light-bringing'

Lucifer is a boy's name most strongly associated with Latin naming. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 4457th most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 2921st in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#4457

22 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2921

7 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

488

First recorded 2002 · peak 2021

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 0 babies20002001: 0 babies2002: 6 babies2003: 5 babies2004: 0 babies2005: 0 babies2006: 7 babies2007: 5 babies2008: 0 babies2009: 9 babies2010: 6 babies20102011: 8 babies2012: 5 babies2013: 9 babies2014: 11 babies2015: 7 babies2016: 13 babies2017: 24 babies2018: 26 babies2019: 47 babies2020: 56 babies20202021: 70 babies2022: 60 babies2023: 44 babies2024: 48 babies2025: 22 babies
US babies named Lucifer per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 70.

Gender split

100% boys · 0% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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