Lux is a distinctive choice, ranked #4193 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Lux in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#4193
US Rank #981
About the Name Lux
Lux has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 2151 places in five years. It was most popular in 2020 at #2042 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2007.
Lux is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #981, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Lux
Unlikely. With around 5 UK babies named Lux per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Lux in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Lux has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 2151 places in the last five years. Its peak was #2042 in 2020. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Lux is more popular in the US (#981) than in the UK (#4193). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Lux include: Lux — The lux (symbol: lx) is the unit of illuminance, or luminous flux per unit area, in the International System of Units (SI).; LUX — LUX or Phytoclock1 (PCL1) is a gene that codes for LUX ARRHYTHMO, a protein necessary for circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis thaliana.; Gavin Lux — Gavin Thomas Lux is an American professional baseball second baseman and left fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB)..
Lux does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Luxs in the wild.
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UK babies named Lux (2024)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 2151 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Lux
Likely around 1 other Lux in the class
UK Popularity (2007–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2022–2022)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Lux
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Erick Lee Purkhiser, better known by the stage name Lux Interior, was an American singer and a founding member of the American rock band the Cramps from 1976 until his death in 2009 at age 62.
The lux (symbol: lx) is the unit of illuminance, or luminous flux per unit area, in the International System of Units (SI). It is equal to one lumen per square metre.
LUX or Phytoclock1 (PCL1) is a gene that codes for LUX ARRHYTHMO, a protein necessary for circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis thaliana. LUX protein associates with Early Flowering 3 (ELF3) and Early Flowering 4 (ELF4) to form the Evening Complex (EC), a core component of the Arabidopsis repressilator model of the plant circadian clock.
Gavin Thomas Lux is an American professional baseball second baseman and left fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.
Lux in tenebris is a Latin phrase from the Vulgate Bible which means, "light in darkness". The phrase is part of the fifth verse of the Gospel of John, which was translated from the original Greek as follows: This verse is part of the longer prologue to John's gospel, in which the author evokes the imagery of light in reference to Jesus, the second person of the Trinity.