Lucero
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loo-SAIR-oh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
Lucero is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “bright star, morning star”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the US (141 babies).
What does Lucero mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, from luz, light
“bright star, morning star”
A Spanish word for a bright star, especially the planet Venus seen as the morning or evening star.
Is Lucero a girl's or a boy's name?
Lucero is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 141 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Lucero in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 141 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 141 girls in the US were named Lucero, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,649th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 334 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961. 6 boys were also named Lucero in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Lucero in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lucero in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 141 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 150 | #1,465 |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,490 |
| 2021 | 127 | #1,641 |
| 2020 | 125 | #1,649 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,740 |
| 2018 | 143 | #1,520 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,591 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 115 | #1,814 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,684 |
| 2013 | 166 | #1,391 |
| 2012 | 164 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 197 | #1,217 |
| 2010 | 215 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 249 | #1,045 |
| 2008 | 243 | #1,076 |
| 2007 | 284 | #957 |
| 2006 | 268 | #974 |
| 2005 | 254 | #968 |
| 2004 | 173 | #1,251 |
| 2003 | 195 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 209 | #1,033 |
| 2001 | 186 | #1,126 |
| 2000 | 194 | #1,063 |
| 1999 | 192 | #1,052 |
| 1998 | 243 | #867 |
| 1997 | 236 | #865 |
| 1996 | 278 | #759 |
| 1995 | 282 | #724 |
| 1994 | 334 | #647 |
| 1993 | 313 | #690 |
| 1992 | 264 | #779 |
| 1991 | 266 | #773 |
| 1990 | 227 | #863 |
| 1989 | 114 | #1,347 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,316 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Nicknames for Lucero
- Lucy 494 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lucero
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dulce, Ximena, Cielo, Marisol, Solana, Montserrat, Luz, Xiomara, Coco, Indigo, Amaris, Sierra
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Paloma
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lucero: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucero, updated 20 October 2026.