Lucia

#83 for girls in 2025, 3,012 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 3,012 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
59,335
since 1880

Lucia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#833,012—
2024#982,663—
2023#1092,442—
2022#1262,222—
2021#1362,025—
2020#1601,753—
2019#1571,819—
2018#1831,612—
2017#1851,662—
2016#2131,523—
2015#2251,453—
2014#2311,436—
2013#2411,327—
2012#2481,304—
2011#2401,329—
2010#2651,239—
2009#3051,085—
2008#3031,099—
2007#3111,090—
2006#338977—
2005#366853—
2004#412741#9,9486
2003#473626#10,8945
2002#522524—
2001#501550—
2000#490552—
1999#574433—
1998#629370—
1997#597378—
1996#576400—
1995#593383#8,8685
1994#598376—
1993#553430—
1992#581401—
1991#581397—
1990#580400#5,3829
1989#564396#4,81110
1988#636313—
1987#590330—
1986#572340#5,9266
1985#539369#4,6988
1984#557335#4,9737
1983#590302#4,4998
1982#576318—
1981#573322#6,2625
1980#583316—
1979#630276—
1978#624269#4,5547
1977#626268#5,8455
1976#586278—
1975#614257—
1974#725198—
1973#682219—
1972#659229—
1971#673230—
1970#650252—
1969#685211—
1968#605253—
1967#602248—
1966#577266—
1965#615251—
1964#577293—
1963#635252—
1962#682227#4,0335
1961#594286—
1960#624260—
1959#607269—
1958#645233—
1957#624246—
1956#642219—
1955#541289—
1954#544267—
1953#537259—
1952#529258—
1951#521253—
1950#581208—
1949#556223—
1948#557221—
1947#599203—
1946#566198—
1945#567168—
1944#564167—
1943#558182—
1942#550182—
1941#545168—
1940#546158—
1939#565142—
1938#534162—
1937#529156—
1936#489174—
1935#516154—
1934#504161—
1933#491167—
1932#487185—
1931#510162—
1930#497180—
1929#519171—
1928#500192—
1927#515186—
1926#513185#4,2015
1925#580154—
1924#535182—
1923#552171—
1922#505190—
1921#525182—
1920#594147—
1919#551157—
1918#491191—
1917#542153—
1916#502167—
1915#533140—
1914#501125—
1913#484110—
1912#51588—
1911#51765—
1910#51464—
1909#44569—
1908#56344—
1907#47556—
1906#44758—
1905#52842—
1904#48446—
1903#66625—
1902#49041—
1901#46741—
1900#51942—
1899#52632—
1898#43749—
1897#47736—
1896#50434—
1895#60725—
1894#50432—
1893#43936—
1892#44237—
1891#42335—
1890#46831—
1889#39338—
1888#42534—
1887#58615—
1886#37133—
1885#43823—
1884#42522—
1883#37524—
1882#40720—
1881#41816—
1880#43515—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lucia was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 21 girls a year got the name.

Where Lucia is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lucia
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#98 → #83)
  • 77 spots since 2020 (#160 → #83)
  • 142 spots since 2015 (#225 → #83)
  • Biggest jump: 182 spots in 1904 (#666 → #484)
  • Biggest drop: 215 spots in 1887 (#371 → #586)
Rise & fade · girls
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #83 (3,012 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 534
  • Highest: 1 in 534 girls born in 2025 were named Lucia (0.19%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 24.8% of all girls named Lucia (14,704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s240#371 (1886)#427
1890s347#423 (1891)#483
1900s464#445 (1909)#508
1910s1,260#484 (1913)#515
1920s1,760#500 (1928)#534
1930s1,643#487 (1932)#512
1940s1,870#545 (1941)#561
1950s2,501#521 (1951)#577
1960s2,547#577 (1964)#620
1970s2,476#586 (1976)#647
1980s3,341#539 (1985)#578
1990s3,968#553 (1993)#586
2000s8,097#303 (2008)#402
2010s14,704#157 (2019)#219
2020s14,117#83 (2025)#119

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lucia in 1898

girls
#437
49 births · 1 in 5,281 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #437Lucia49
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 5,281 of them was named Lucia, which outranked 77.9% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucia
  1. #434Charity50
  2. #434Mandy50
  3. #434Una50
  4. #437Lucia49
  5. #437Hortense49
  6. #437Tina49
  7. #437Wilda49
  8. #441Aileen48
  9. #441Bernadette48
  10. #441Dena48

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Manila#1,263 → #305
  2. ↑ 889Ouida#1,555 → #666
  3. ↑ 858Ula#1,555 → #697
  4. ↑ 836Sofia#1,555 → #719
  5. ↑ 715Leonor#1,555 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Vertie#867 → #1,700
  2. ↓ 821Fae#681 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 805Beda#895 → #1,700
  4. ↓ 805Nolia#895 → #1,700
  5. ↓ 769Azzie#931 → #1,700

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1898 →