Meaning and history
The name means “bringing light” and comes from Latin lux “light” and fero “to bring.” In Latin, it originally referred to the morning star, Venus, but it later came to be linked with the chief angel who rebelled against God in heaven, as in Isaiah 14:12. In later works such as Dante’s Divine Comedy (1321) and Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667), Lucifer was identified with Satan himself.
20062006: 7 births, rank #9,585
2007: 5 births, rank #12,367
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 9 births, rank #8,310
2010: 6 births, rank #10,766
20112011: 8 births, rank #8,767
2012: 5 births, rank #12,274
2013: 9 births, rank #8,118
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 7 births, rank #9,568
20162016: 13 births, rank #6,349
2017: 24 births, rank #4,224
2018: 26 births, rank #3,993
2019: 47 births, rank #2,694
2020: 56 births, rank #2,366
20212021: 70 births, rank #2,079
2022: 60 births, rank #2,355
2023: 44 births, rank #2,848
2024: 48 births, rank #2,715
20252025: 22 births, rank #4,539
In 2025, 22 babies were recorded with the name Lucifer, ranking #4,539 among boys.