Luce
How to say it: LÜSS · /ˈlys/
From Latin 'lux' meaning 'light' - French and Italian form of Lucia, short luminous classic.
Luce was the 12,537th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 6 babies (Social Security Administration). The 2020s are its busiest decade so far, its births are up 2.2-fold in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #13,233 by 2030.
Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures
Key facts
| Rank among girls’ names, 2025 | #12,537 |
|---|---|
| Babies born in 2025 | 6 |
| Share of births | 1 in 552,557 |
| Peak decade | 2020s |
| Change over 10 years | ×2.2 |
| Projected rank for 2030 (estimate) | #13,233 |
| In France, 2025 | #370 among girls’ names, 130 births |
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.
Its life, decade by decade
Luce is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.
What goes with it
In the classroom
In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Luce is about under 1 in 200.
Around the world
This spelling is used in English, French, Italian.
In France: #370 for girls in 2025.
Famous people named Luce
- Luce Irigaray (born 1930)Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist
- Luce Fabbri (1908–2000)Italo-Uruguayan anarchist intellectual, writer and teacher
- Luce Douady (2003–2020)French climber
From Wikidata and Wikipedia
Keep exploring
About as popular as Luce
In the same lists
Find names you'll both love, starting with Luce
The one-minute style quiz.