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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 3,012 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 59,335since 1880
Lucia over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #83 | 3,012 | — | |
| 2024 | #98 | 2,663 | — | |
| 2023 | #109 | 2,442 | — | |
| 2022 | #126 | 2,222 | — | |
| 2021 | #136 | 2,025 | — | |
| 2020 | #160 | 1,753 | — | |
| 2019 | #157 | 1,819 | — | |
| 2018 | #183 | 1,612 | — | |
| 2017 | #185 | 1,662 | — | |
| 2016 | #213 | 1,523 | — | |
| 2015 | #225 | 1,453 | — | |
| 2014 | #231 | 1,436 | — | |
| 2013 | #241 | 1,327 | — | |
| 2012 | #248 | 1,304 | — | |
| 2011 | #240 | 1,329 | — | |
| 2010 | #265 | 1,239 | — | |
| 2009 | #305 | 1,085 | — | |
| 2008 | #303 | 1,099 | — | |
| 2007 | #311 | 1,090 | — | |
| 2006 | #338 | 977 | — | |
| 2005 | #366 | 853 | — | |
| 2004 | #412 | 741 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #473 | 626 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #522 | 524 | — | |
| 2001 | #501 | 550 | — | |
| 2000 | #490 | 552 | — | |
| 1999 | #574 | 433 | — | |
| 1998 | #629 | 370 | — | |
| 1997 | #597 | 378 | — | |
| 1996 | #576 | 400 | — | |
| 1995 | #593 | 383 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #598 | 376 | — | |
| 1993 | #553 | 430 | — | |
| 1992 | #581 | 401 | — | |
| 1991 | #581 | 397 | — | |
| 1990 | #580 | 400 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #564 | 396 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #636 | 313 | — | |
| 1987 | #590 | 330 | — | |
| 1986 | #572 | 340 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #539 | 369 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #557 | 335 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #590 | 302 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #576 | 318 | — | |
| 1981 | #573 | 322 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #583 | 316 | — | |
| 1979 | #630 | 276 | — | |
| 1978 | #624 | 269 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #626 | 268 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #586 | 278 | — | |
| 1975 | #614 | 257 | — | |
| 1974 | #725 | 198 | — | |
| 1973 | #682 | 219 | — | |
| 1972 | #659 | 229 | — | |
| 1971 | #673 | 230 | — | |
| 1970 | #650 | 252 | — | |
| 1969 | #685 | 211 | — | |
| 1968 | #605 | 253 | — | |
| 1967 | #602 | 248 | — | |
| 1966 | #577 | 266 | — | |
| 1965 | #615 | 251 | — | |
| 1964 | #577 | 293 | — | |
| 1963 | #635 | 252 | — | |
| 1962 | #682 | 227 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #594 | 286 | — | |
| 1960 | #624 | 260 | — | |
| 1959 | #607 | 269 | — | |
| 1958 | #645 | 233 | — | |
| 1957 | #624 | 246 | — | |
| 1956 | #642 | 219 | — | |
| 1955 | #541 | 289 | — | |
| 1954 | #544 | 267 | — | |
| 1953 | #537 | 259 | — | |
| 1952 | #529 | 258 | — | |
| 1951 | #521 | 253 | — | |
| 1950 | #581 | 208 | — | |
| 1949 | #556 | 223 | — | |
| 1948 | #557 | 221 | — | |
| 1947 | #599 | 203 | — | |
| 1946 | #566 | 198 | — | |
| 1945 | #567 | 168 | — | |
| 1944 | #564 | 167 | — | |
| 1943 | #558 | 182 | — | |
| 1942 | #550 | 182 | — | |
| 1941 | #545 | 168 | — | |
| 1940 | #546 | 158 | — | |
| 1939 | #565 | 142 | — | |
| 1938 | #534 | 162 | — | |
| 1937 | #529 | 156 | — | |
| 1936 | #489 | 174 | — | |
| 1935 | #516 | 154 | — | |
| 1934 | #504 | 161 | — | |
| 1933 | #491 | 167 | — | |
| 1932 | #487 | 185 | — | |
| 1931 | #510 | 162 | — | |
| 1930 | #497 | 180 | — | |
| 1929 | #519 | 171 | — | |
| 1928 | #500 | 192 | — | |
| 1927 | #515 | 186 | — | |
| 1926 | #513 | 185 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #580 | 154 | — | |
| 1924 | #535 | 182 | — | |
| 1923 | #552 | 171 | — | |
| 1922 | #505 | 190 | — | |
| 1921 | #525 | 182 | — | |
| 1920 | #594 | 147 | — | |
| 1919 | #551 | 157 | — | |
| 1918 | #491 | 191 | — | |
| 1917 | #542 | 153 | — | |
| 1916 | #502 | 167 | — | |
| 1915 | #533 | 140 | — | |
| 1914 | #501 | 125 | — | |
| 1913 | #484 | 110 | — | |
| 1912 | #515 | 88 | — | |
| 1911 | #517 | 65 | — | |
| 1910 | #514 | 64 | — | |
| 1909 | #445 | 69 | — | |
| 1908 | #563 | 44 | — | |
| 1907 | #475 | 56 | — | |
| 1906 | #447 | 58 | — | |
| 1905 | #528 | 42 | — | |
| 1904 | #484 | 46 | — | |
| 1903 | #666 | 25 | — | |
| 1902 | #490 | 41 | — | |
| 1901 | #467 | 41 | — | |
| 1900 | #519 | 42 | — | |
| 1899 | #526 | 32 | — | |
| 1898 | #437 | 49 | — | |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 | — | |
| 1896 | #504 | 34 | — | |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 | — | |
| 1894 | #504 | 32 | — | |
| 1893 | #439 | 36 | — | |
| 1892 | #442 | 37 | — | |
| 1891 | #423 | 35 | — | |
| 1890 | #468 | 31 | — | |
| 1889 | #393 | 38 | — | |
| 1888 | #425 | 34 | — | |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 | — | |
| 1886 | #371 | 33 | — | |
| 1885 | #438 | 23 | — | |
| 1884 | #425 | 22 | — | |
| 1883 | #375 | 24 | — | |
| 1882 | #407 | 20 | — | |
| 1881 | #418 | 16 | — | |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #83 (3,012 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 534 girls born in 2025 were named Lucia (0.19%)
- 24.8% of all girls named Lucia (14,704) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 240 | #371 (1886) | #427 |
| 1890s | 347 | #423 (1891) | #483 |
| 1900s | 464 | #445 (1909) | #508 |
| 1910s | 1,260 | #484 (1913) | #515 |
| 1920s | 1,760 | #500 (1928) | #534 |
| 1930s | 1,643 | #487 (1932) | #512 |
| 1940s | 1,870 | #545 (1941) | #561 |
| 1950s | 2,501 | #521 (1951) | #577 |
| 1960s | 2,547 | #577 (1964) | #620 |
| 1970s | 2,476 | #586 (1976) | #647 |
| 1980s | 3,341 | #539 (1985) | #578 |
| 1990s | 3,968 | #553 (1993) | #586 |
| 2000s | 8,097 | #303 (2008) | #402 |
| 2010s | 14,704 | #157 (2019) | #219 |
| 2020s | 14,117 | #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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 4,746 of them was named Lucia, which outranked 96.2% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 228,226 of them was named Lucia, which outranked 43.3% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,993Zen10
- #4,993Zeshan10
- #4,993Zuri10
- #5,382Lucia9
- #5,382Abdon9
- #5,382Abdulla9
- #5,382Abisai9
- #5,823Aaren8
- #5,823Aaric8
- #5,823Abayomi8
Tied with 440 names at #5,382; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.