Lucius

#1,128 for boys in 2025, 189 births

Peak · boys
#257
1881 · 38 births
Debut · boys
1880
38 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,108
since 1880

Lucius over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #257, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,128189
2024#1,387135
2023#1,253154
2022#1,220161
2021#1,372134
2020#1,222154
2019#1,287144
2018#1,375128
2017#1,408124
2016#1,183160
2015#1,297137
2014#1,389122
2013#1,352125
2012#1,407118
2011#1,331127
2010#1,323129
2009#1,331130
2008#1,348127
2007#1,255140
2006#1,229136
2005#1,372109
2004#1,78570
2003#2,23848
2002#2,09251
2001#2,18547
2000#3,07528
1999#3,98618
1998#3,19124
1997#3,35121
1996#2,29935
1995#4,28014
1994#3,32620
1993#2,57728
1992#2,59927
1991#2,46928
1990#2,17033
1989#2,06834
1988#1,94933
1987#2,02030
1986#2,29024
1985#1,91630
1984#1,76432
1983#1,51640
1982#1,56339
1981#1,39646
1980#1,39146
1979#1,34048
1978#1,28649
1977#1,60734
1976#1,30446
1975#1,53034
1974#1,52033
1973#1,25343
1972#1,34839
1971#1,21446
1970#1,29741
1969#1,23141
1968#94659
1967#96856
1966#1,04349
1965#1,12944
1964#1,12646
1963#1,06951
1962#1,12147
1961#99061
1960#99659
1959#92668
1958#96961
1957#86176
1956#88072
1955#89868
1954#95260
1953#77983
1952#80576
1951#70297
1950#78476
1949#73887
1948#70590
1947#76481
1946#78571
1945#70973
1944#81060
1943#615105
1942#82162
1941#69478
1940#72970
1939#64285
1938#61394
1937#66181
1936#76763
1935#71672
1934#75166
1933#66478
1932#579105
1931#73370
1930#67885
1929#68980
1928#62197
1927#567118
1926#567118
1925#628101
1924#585118
1923#616106
1922#546132
1921#540134
1920#521138
1919#499142
1918#515135
1917#557111
1916#462151
1915#509119
1914#472105
1913#45690
1912#40491
1911#48137
1910#37048
1909#35743
1908#40334
1907#34140
1906#34636
1905#32937
1904#36830
1903#39325
1902#32636
1901#32530
1900#34340
1899#34627
1898#36428
1897#29937
1896#36727
1895#34728
1894#32230
1893#32329
1892#31934
1891#37721
1890#31630
1889#34826
1888#30834
1887#33324
1886#31130
1885#26639
1884#31431
1883#33125
1882#26542
1881#25738
1880#27338
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lucius was already there! It came in at #273, and was given to 38 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 21 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lucius
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 259 spots since 2024 (#1,387 → #1,128)
  • 94 spots since 2020 (#1,222 → #1,128)
  • 169 spots since 2015 (#1,297 → #1,128)
  • Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1943 (#821 → #615)
  • Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1969 (#946 → #1,231)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #257 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 114 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,651
  • Highest: 1 in 2,651 boys born in 1881 were named Lucius (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,037 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Lucius (1,314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s327#257 (1881)#301
1890s291#299 (1897)#338
1900s351#325 (1901)#353
1910s1,029#370 (1910)#473
1920s1,142#521 (1920)#588
1930s799#579 (1932)#680
1940s777#615 (1943)#737
1950s737#702 (1951)#856
1960s513#946 (1968)#1,062
1970s413#1,214 (1971)#1,370
1980s354#1,391 (1980)#1,787
1990s248#2,170 (1990)#3,025
2000s886#1,229 (2006)#1,791
2010s1,314#1,183 (2016)#1,335
2020s927#1,128 (2025)#1,264

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.

Lucius in 2015

boys
#1,297
137 births · 1 in 13,991 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #1,297Lucius137
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 13,991 of them was named Lucius, which outranked 90.8% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucius
  1. #1,287Johann138
  2. #1,287Lev138
  3. #1,287Ruger138
  4. #1,297Lucius137
  5. #1,297Coy137
  6. #1,297Eliyahu137
  7. #1,297Jakari137
  8. #1,304Jacobi136
  9. #1,304Johnpaul136
  10. #1,304Marquise136

Tied with 6 names at #1,297; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →