NameTides

Lux

Lux was the #1,166 boys' name in the US in 2025 (177 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Lux as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lux as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Lux as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,166 (177)#2,269 (10)—#2,095 (9)
2024#1,224 (164)#2,089 (11)—#1,764 (11)
2023#1,153 (181)#1,800 (13)—#1,687 (11)
2022#979 (230)#1,880 (12)#572 (5)#2,052 (8)
2021#1,098 (191)#1,860 (12)—#2,061 (8)
2020#1,288 (141)#1,825 (12)—#2,013 (8)
2019#1,534 (110)#3,937 (4)—#1,835 (9)
2018#1,792 (85)——#2,403 (6)
2017#3,586 (30)#3,996 (4)—#2,762 (5)
2016#3,358 (33)#4,810 (3)——
2015#3,431 (32)#3,908 (4)—#2,715 (5)
2014#3,787 (27)#3,895 (4)——
2013#3,864 (26)#4,685 (3)——
2012#4,533 (21)———
2011#4,983 (18)———

Lux as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lux as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Lux as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,895 (58)#4,201 (5)#2,282 (9)
2024#2,798 (60)#4,193 (5)#2,685 (7)
2023#2,156 (88)#4,710 (4)#2,366 (8)
2022#1,918 (104)#3,534 (6)#1,727 (12)
2021#1,851 (108)#3,192 (7)#1,681 (13)
2020#1,687 (121)#2,042 (13)#1,758 (12)
2019#1,949 (100)#4,001 (5)#1,231 (20)
2018#2,026 (96)#3,518 (6)#1,567 (14)
2017#2,097 (92)#2,502 (10)#1,123 (22)
2016#1,986 (100)#2,757 (9)#1,230 (20)
2015#1,984 (100)#2,496 (10)#843 (32)
2014#1,684 (125)#2,862 (8)#847 (32)
2013#1,880 (107)#3,536 (6)#888 (30)
2012#2,047 (94)#3,681 (6)#1,248 (20)
2011#2,395 (77)#4,049 (5)#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #979.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2001.
  • In 2025, 25% of US babies named Lux were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Lux is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,300 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lux by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #905MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #773INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Lux (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LuxCanadaGirls#2,2829
LuxCanadaBoys#2,0959
LuxEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
LuxEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
LuxIrelandBoys—too few
LuxNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LuxNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LuxUSGirls#2,89558
LuxUSBoys#1,166177