Luz
- Pronunciation
- [Luz]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Brings Light
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Luz
Luz is the Spanish word for "light," and it carries deep devotional resonance in Spanish-speaking culture through its connection to the Virgin Mary under the title Nuestra Señora de la Luz, "Our Lady of Light." That spiritual warmth, combined with the simple beauty of its everyday meaning, makes it a luminous and meaningful choice with a long, dignified history reaching back through generations of the faithful.
Its appeal lies in that brightness of sense and economy of sound — a single radiant syllable that needs no embellishment to feel complete. Luz reads as both traditional and strikingly modern in its minimalism, the kind of short, declarative name that stands out precisely because it asks for nothing extra. It remains a cherished name among Hispanic-American families who value its faith-rooted meaning and its quiet glow.
Luz first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for girls in 2000 and has held a place there ever since, reaching its peak early, in 2001, at rank #518. It remains current, ranked #750 in 2024 with 375 girls given the name, and had stood at #945 in 2022 before climbing again. Having accumulated 7,473 girls across its top-1000 run, Luz is a quietly steadfast name that carries centuries of devotion and meaning in just three luminous letters — bright, faithful, and complete in itself.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Luz
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Luz by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 517 girls named Luz (girl rank #518 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #839 for girls (324 US births). That's 321 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Luz Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Luz the strongest states are California, Arizona, Texas.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #570 | 566 |
| 2 | Arizona | #579 | 117 |
| 3 | Texas | #612 | 484 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | #693 | 30 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #724 | 54 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #775 | 63 |
| 7 | Colorado | #789 | 33 |
| 8 | Illinois | #826 | 38 |
| 9 | Washington | #864 | 30 |
| 10 | Georgia | #896 | 44 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #919 | 105 |
| 2 | New York | #904 | 88 |
| 3 | Georgia | #896 | 44 |
| 4 | Washington | #864 | 30 |
| 5 | Illinois | #826 | 38 |
| 6 | Colorado | #789 | 33 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #775 | 63 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #724 | 54 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | #693 | 30 |
| 10 | Texas | #612 | 484 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Luz in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Luz to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Luz against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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