Luz
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning light.
Babies a year
259
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#839
down from #750
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
How Luz has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #960 |
| 2019 | #898 |
| 2022 | #943 |
| 2023 | #843 |
| 2024 | #750 |
| 2025 | #839 |
Luz by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Luz. In the US, 259 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 573 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 4,100 American girls born that year was called Luz.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Luz. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean light
Like Luz, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.