first name
LUZ
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 90,901 people named Luz, 96.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Luz peaked in 1999, when 586 babies got the name.
At least 28,805 babies have been given the name since 1886. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Luz by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #878. The largest share of babies named Luz, 25.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Luz is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Luz has been most common in Arizona (2.8×), Texas (2.8×), and California (2.8×), and least common in Michigan (0.03×).
25,283 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Luz, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Luz ranks #15,001 of 156,621, with 1,891 people. See Luz as a last name
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