Boys' name · since 2002
Lucifer
Lucifer has 488 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,011 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,638 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 488
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
488 babies have been named Lucifer since 2002, making it today's #4638 boys' name.
Lucifer has 488 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4638 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #8,011 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,638 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 488 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucifer ranks #8,011 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,638 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 488 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,011 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,638 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 488
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lucifer's 488 recorded births place it above 82.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lucifer compares
488 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lucifer's all-time total is 32% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lucifer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 488 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lucifer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lucifer's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 85% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 15%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 70, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lucifer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Lucifer by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (300 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Lucifer's strongest decade.
300 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Lucifer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
156 births
- 2020s
2020s
300 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 300 births (61% of all-time use).
Lucifer by state
Where Lucifer concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 7.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 33 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Utah | | 5 | 1.0% |
37 of 488 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- California records the most Lucifers (37 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lucifer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lucifer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.