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Luz

“Light” — Spanish/Portuguese origin

Girl's name · #838 in the US (2025) · Retro

Luz has appeared in US records since 1886 — best rank #454 (1972) · 27,874 babies named Luz all-time · 1 in 5,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,400 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 5,700 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 7,200 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Luzes

• Luz Casal — Spanish singer
• Luz Marina Zuluaga — Colombian beauty queen (1938–2015)
• Luz Elena González — Mexican actress
• Luz Machado — Venezuelan writer
• Luz María Aguilar — actress

In stories & tradition

• Luz Noceda — The Owl House

What Luzes become

Among 315 notable people named Luz:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.42× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luz Oliveros-Belardo, Filipina pharmaceutical chemist.

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