Lucian

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #462 for boys in 2025, 670 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 30 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,469
since 1880

Lucian over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lucian has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #289, 1881boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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#462670
2024#487635
2023#489613
2022#545543
2021#593469
2020#635421
2019#664398
2018#647396
2017#577469
2016#625428
2015#633422
2014#16,5135#607441
2013#626393
2012#586435
2011#595419
2010#567448
2009#606426
2008#806272
2007#15,4916#775281
2006#816249
2005#847217
2004#1,114142
2003#1,54882
2002#1,63673
2001#1,64871
2000#1,79960
1999#2,09845
1998#2,19941
1997#1,81452
1996#2,33234
1995#2,34633
1994#2,39232
1993#1,87544
1992#2,83424
1991#2,34430
1990#2,01237
1989#2,02735
1988#1,90934
1987#3,07216
1986#2,22625
1985#2,17125
1984#1,93328
1983#1,90528
1982#1,62237
1981#1,89929
1980#1,44943
1979#1,67034
1978#1,65233
1977#9,6525#1,70731
1976#1,50236
1975#7,9846#1,94824
1974#2,45916
1973#1,98221
1972#1,68027
1971#1,91622
1970#1,61528
1969#1,52628
1968#1,69522
1967#1,60923
1966#1,68421
1965#1,48327
1964#1,28837
1963#1,30536
1962#1,71322
1961#1,34935
1960#1,11549
1959#1,32435
1958#1,37032
1957#1,31835
1956#1,25737
1955#1,02254
1954#1,15142
1953#1,09145
1952#85067
1951#86765
1950#1,20336
1949#95852
1948#1,12740
1947#1,02949
1946#95249
1945#97143
1944#79063
1943#99845
1942#83960
1941#92547
1940#99442
1939#90447
1938#86951
1937#86950
1936#89347
1935#1,02039
1934#86952
1933#83455
1932#84157
1931#77565
1930#68583
1929#4,5705#77169
1928#78668
1927#67790
1926#72278
1925#628101
1924#5,0615#626104
1923#631103
1922#574123
1921#65298
1920#551123
1919#69580
1918#608102
1917#577105
1916#517121
1915#497124
1914#55580
1913#56459
1912#57449
1911#51433
1910#72917
1909#54523
1908#55321
1907#54020
1906#75211
1905#59216
1904#64713
1903#65612
1902#61513
1901#59612
1900#51821
1899#48116
1898#45220
1897#58413
1896#46219
1895#52915
1894#48017
1893#41919
1892#48017
1891#7008
1890#45816
1889#38821
1888#35926
1887#37719
1886#41718
1885#34425
1884#39920
1883#37121
1882#38921
1881#28930
1880#40318
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lucian was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Lucian is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedMINew York: #498 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,916 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedINOhio: #429 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,211 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #154 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,557 boysCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedMOKentucky: #255 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,076 boysKYWest Virginia: #321 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,041 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedKSArkansas: #406 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,500 boysARTennessee: #435 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,703 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedHITexas: #467 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,908 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Lucian, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#154 · 1 in 1,557
  2. Kentucky#255 · 1 in 2,076
  3. West Virginia#321 · 1 in 3,041
  4. Arkansas#406 · 1 in 3,500
  5. Ohio#429 · 1 in 8,211

Best ever in a state: #95 in Connecticut, 1922.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#15481 in 1,557
Kentucky#255121 in 2,076
West Virginia#32151 in 3,041
Arkansas#40651 in 3,500
Ohio#42961 in 8,211
Tennessee#43551 in 4,703
Texas#467131 in 3,908
New York#49871 in 12,916
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lucian
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 25 spots since 2024 (#487#462)
  • 173 spots since 2020 (#635#462)
  • 171 spots since 2015 (#633#462)
  • Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1951 (#1,203#867)
  • Biggest drop: 245 spots in 1950 (#958#1,203)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #289 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1934
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,549
  • Highest: 1 in 2,549 boys born in 2025 were named Lucian (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #289 in 1881, was only 1 in 3,358 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.4% of all boys named Lucian (4,249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s219#289 (1881)#374
1890s160#419 (1893)#505
1900s162#518 (1900)#601
1910s770#497 (1915)#583
1920s957#551 (1920)#662
1930s546#685 (1930)#856
1940s490#790 (1944)#958
1950s448#850 (1952)#1,145
1960s300#1,115 (1960)#1,477
1970s272#1,502 (1976)#1,813
1980s300#1,449 (1980)#2,021
1990s372#1,814 (1997)#2,225
2000s1,873#606 (2009)#1,160
2010s4,249#567 (2010)#613
2020s3,351#462 (2025)#535

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

Lucian in 1920

boys
#551
123 births · 1 in 8,653 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #551Lucian123
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 8,653 of them was named Lucian, which outranked 89.0% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucian
  1. #548Gaylord126
  2. #549Haywood124
  3. #549Rafael124
  4. #551Lucian123
  5. #551Alberto123
  6. #551Domingo123
  7. #551Emilio123
  8. #559Antone122
  9. #559Hobart122
  10. #559Isaiah122

Tied with 7 names at #551; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920