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Lux

Unisex

Meaning of Lux: Latin: 'light'

Lux is a unisex name most strongly associated with Latin naming. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1018th most popular name in the United States in 2025 and 2088th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1018

235 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2088

11 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

3,181

First recorded 2001 · peak 2022

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: 14 babies2002: 16 babies2003: 14 babies2004: 6 babies2005: 19 babies2006: 19 babies2007: 27 babies2008: 23 babies2009: 38 babies2010: 109 babies20102011: 95 babies2012: 115 babies2013: 133 babies2014: 152 babies2015: 132 babies2016: 133 babies2017: 122 babies2018: 181 babies2019: 210 babies2020: 262 babies20202021: 299 babies2022: 334 babies2023: 269 babies2024: 224 babies2025: 235 babies
US babies named Lux per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 334.

Gender split

48% boys · 52% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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