NameTides

Luz

Luz was the #838 girls' name in the US in 2025 (324 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Luz as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Luz 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Luz 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#838 (324)#5,927 (3)#2,282 (9)
2024#747 (377)—#2,102 (10)
2023#844 (321)—#2,900 (6)
2022#940 (288)——
2021#1,035 (245)——
2020#1,010 (250)#5,493 (3)#2,873 (6)
2019#897 (297)—#2,374 (8)
2018#1,003 (260)#5,666 (3)—
2017#1,020 (254)#4,063 (5)—
2016#999 (264)—#2,595 (7)
2015#958 (283)—#2,599 (7)
2014#1,067 (241)—#2,617 (7)
2013#892 (288)—#3,286 (5)
2012#865 (307)#5,876 (3)#2,013 (10)
2011#868 (301)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #463.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Luz is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Luz by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #503CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #539TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Luz (girls) 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
LuzCanadaGirls#2,2829
LuzEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
LuzNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LuzUSGirls#838324
LuzUSBoys—too few