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Lightning
OriginNature name
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boys#13145
2025 SSA
US rank · girlsUnranked
Below 5 births
About Lightning
Usain Bolt chose Lightning as the middle name for his daughter — Olympia Lightning Bolt. Mainstream parents have taken a liking to Lightning as a boy name — it debuted on the charts in 2021, and was given to five baby boys in 2022.
Lightning for girls
Olympic athlete Usain Bolt introduced this unusual and electric nature name to the lexicon when he chose it for his daughter's middle name: Olympia Lightning Bolt. Now there's a name with layers of meaning!
Pronounced LY-tning.
As of October 2026, Lightning ranked #13145 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #11579 in 2021.
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