Lux
Lux is a distinctive choice, ranked #2269 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Lux in their class.
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 rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Lux in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #981, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Lux
- Lux Interior — 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.
- 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.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Lux
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Lux
Almost certainly the only Lux in the class
UK Popularity (2013–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2022–2022)
Rank · SSA official data
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Famous People Named Lux
Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia