Light
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Unisex
Light is a name of English origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Light mean?
English: word name, from Old English leoht
“light”
An English word name from Old English leoht, echoing biblical phrases such as 'Let there be light'.
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Is Light a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Light has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 12 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Light in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Light, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 girls. 12 boys were also named Light in 2025 (2,087th for boys).
In 2025, 48% of the babies named Light in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Light in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Light in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Light, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008. 11 girls were also named Light in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Light than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Light in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Light in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
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