Lucien
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · #897 for boys in 2025, 265 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,993since 1880
Lucien over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lucien has never cracked the top 300 here.
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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #897 | 265 | |
| 2024 | — | #907 | 258 | |
| 2023 | — | #921 | 250 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,078 | 202 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,135 | 179 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,086 | 182 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,162 | 167 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,181 | 161 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,138 | 167 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,110 | 176 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,157 | 162 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,218 | 150 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,080 | 173 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,135 | 161 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,117 | 164 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,116 | 169 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,186 | 152 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,211 | 145 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,246 | 141 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,137 | 150 |
| 2005 | — | #1,334 | 113 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,530 | 87 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,749 | 69 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,694 | 69 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,502 | 81 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,968 | 52 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,560 | 34 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,126 | 43 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,228 | 38 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,535 | 30 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,041 | 40 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,399 | 31 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,303 | 32 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,095 | 35 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,128 | 34 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,993 | 36 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,909 | 34 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,169 | 27 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,226 | 25 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,690 | 34 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,864 | 29 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,487 | 42 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,475 | 42 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,633 | 35 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,645 | 33 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,932 | 25 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,653 | 28 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,473 | 33 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,441 | 35 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,462 | 33 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,217 | 39 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,165 | 41 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,429 | 29 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,263 | 38 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,354 | 33 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,295 | 37 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,212 | 41 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,104 | 48 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,041 | 53 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,106 | 47 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,033 | 53 | |
| 1954 | — | #985 | 57 | |
| 1953 | — | #975 | 54 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,040 | 47 | |
| 1950 | — | #844 | 65 | |
| 1949 | — | #803 | 73 | |
| 1948 | — | #766 | 78 | |
| 1947 | — | #747 | 85 | |
| 1946 | — | #711 | 84 | |
| 1945 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1944 | — | #712 | 76 | |
| 1943 | — | #746 | 75 | |
| 1942 | — | #732 | 77 | |
| 1941 | — | #723 | 73 | |
| 1940 | — | #751 | 67 | |
| 1939 | — | #763 | 63 | |
| 1938 | — | #784 | 61 | |
| 1937 | — | #906 | 47 | |
| 1936 | — | #774 | 62 | |
| 1935 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1934 | — | #595 | 98 | |
| 1933 | — | #677 | 76 | |
| 1932 | — | #729 | 73 | |
| 1931 | — | #590 | 98 | |
| 1930 | — | #579 | 107 | |
| 1929 | — | #678 | 82 | |
| 1928 | — | #621 | 97 | |
| 1927 | — | #502 | 145 | |
| 1926 | — | #510 | 142 | |
| 1925 | — | #534 | 132 | |
| 1924 | — | #553 | 129 | |
| 1923 | — | #485 | 158 | |
| 1922 | — | #535 | 137 | |
| 1921 | — | #525 | 141 | |
| 1920 | — | #559 | 122 | |
| 1919 | — | #524 | 129 | |
| 1918 | — | #552 | 118 | |
| 1917 | — | #532 | 119 | |
| 1916 | — | #472 | 147 | |
| 1915 | — | #493 | 125 | |
| 1914 | — | #520 | 89 | |
| 1913 | — | #492 | 78 | |
| 1912 | — | #584 | 48 | |
| 1911 | — | #489 | 36 | |
| 1910 | — | #621 | 22 | |
| 1909 | — | #462 | 30 | |
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #392 | 19 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lucien was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lucien
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 10 spots since 2024 (#907 → #897)
- 189 spots since 2020 (#1,086 → #897)
- 260 spots since 2015 (#1,157 → #897)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1902 (#779 → #490)
- Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1935 (#595 → #850)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #392 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1880–1950
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,467
- Highest: 1 in 5,467 boys born in 1909 were named Lucien (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,446 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #392 in 1880, was only 1 in 5,815 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 16.5% of all boys named Lucien (1,650) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 128 | #392 (1880) | #529 |
| 1890s | 120 | #521 (1899) | #595 |
| 1900s | 155 | #462 (1909) | #637 |
| 1910s | 911 | #472 (1916) | #528 |
| 1920s | 1,285 | #485 (1923) | #550 |
| 1930s | 739 | #579 (1930) | #725 |
| 1940s | 745 | #711 (1946) | #752 |
| 1950s | 518 | #844 (1950) | #1,032 |
| 1960s | 345 | #1,165 (1967) | #1,344 |
| 1970s | 321 | #1,441 (1971) | #1,598 |
| 1980s | 344 | #1,475 (1980) | #1,808 |
| 1990s | 337 | #2,041 (1994) | #2,372 |
| 2000s | 1,059 | #1,137 (2006) | #1,456 |
| 2010s | 1,650 | #1,080 (2013) | #1,141 |
| 2020s | 1,336 | #897 (2025) | #1,004 |
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.
Lucien in 1884
boys
#570
11 births · 1 in 10,404 boys
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 10,404 of them was named Lucien, which outranked 49.3% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).