Luz — #749 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Luz

The Social Security Administration has registered 27,545 babies named Luz between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Luz currently holds the #749 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 573 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Luz performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 4,640 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Luz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,930 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Luz in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Luz in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 27,545 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.