Lucifer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-si-fer
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Lucifer is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “light-bringer”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Lucifer mean?
Latin
“light-bringer”
Latin name for the morning star; Christian tradition later applied it to Satan before his fall.
Is Lucifer a girl's or a boy's name?
Lucifer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lucifer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Lucifer, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Lucifer than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Lucifer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Lucifer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
How popular is Lucifer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Lucifer, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,365th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 70 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer boys named Lucifer than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Lucifer in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lucifer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,078 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,365 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Lucifer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Iago, Thiago, Crue, Lorcan, Perez, Cruz, Xander, Zaviyar, Macsen, Ezra, Lando
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Lucifer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucifer, updated 20 October 2026.