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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919girlsat 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.

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 1919

girls
#551
157 births · 1 in 7,198 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #551Lucia157
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 7,198 of them was named Lucia, which outranked 90.1% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucia
  1. #548Aurelia158
  2. #548Delma158
  3. #548Manuela158
  4. #551Lucia157
  5. #551Juliette157
  6. #553Marianne155
  7. #554Dorotha154
  8. #554Nelda154

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

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

See the top 100 for 1919