Lucky
#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births · #1,571 for boys in 2025, 108 births
Given to boys 85.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,624since 1912
Lucky over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #4,172 | 34 | #1,571 | 108 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #1,856 | 87 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #2,769 | 46 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #2,408 | 58 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #2,079 | 70 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #2,759 | 44 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #2,694 | 47 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #2,748 | 44 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #2,755 | 44 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #2,335 | 56 |
| 2015 | — | #2,722 | 44 | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #2,370 | 54 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #3,265 | 33 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #3,059 | 37 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #2,798 | 42 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #2,212 | 59 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #2,401 | 53 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #2,291 | 57 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #2,139 | 63 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,919 | 70 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #1,869 | 68 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,880 | 65 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #2,470 | 42 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #1,998 | 55 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #2,346 | 42 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #2,023 | 47 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #2,068 | 45 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #1,964 | 46 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #1,764 | 52 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #1,927 | 43 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #1,867 | 42 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | — | #2,293 | 23 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,593 | 32 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,653 | 28 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,745 | 26 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,058 | 19 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,401 | 30 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,318 | 34 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,350 | 34 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | — | #1,295 | 36 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,496 | 29 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,098 | 50 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,345 | 33 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,547 | 26 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #1,157 | 43 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,273 | 35 |
| 1954 | — | #1,112 | 45 | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #1,058 | 47 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #1,195 | 38 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #1,332 | 31 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | — | #1,231 | 34 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #1,014 | 50 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #1,196 | 34 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #927 | 48 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #1,055 | 39 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,368 | 24 |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #1,468 | 26 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lucky! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lucky
- 285 spots since 2024 (#1,856 → #1,571)
- 1,188 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #1,571)
- 1,151 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #1,571)
- Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1945 (#1,055 → #927)
- Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1946 (#927 → #1,196)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1945 at #927 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1945
- Highest: 1 in 15,816 boys born in 2025 were named Lucky (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #927 in 1945, was only 1 in 28,039 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.5% of all boys named Lucky (562) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 37 | #2,269 (1912) | #2,836 |
| 1920s | 160 | #1,468 (1927) | #2,152 |
| 1930s | 114 | #1,521 (1938) | #2,205 |
| 1940s | 343 | #927 (1945) | #1,232 |
| 1950s | 355 | #1,058 (1953) | #1,307 |
| 1960s | 320 | #1,098 (1960) | #1,431 |
| 1970s | 243 | #1,593 (1975) | #1,974 |
| 1980s | 232 | #1,899 (1981) | #2,368 |
| 1990s | 385 | #1,764 (1996) | #2,225 |
| 2000s | 562 | #1,869 (2005) | #2,145 |
| 2010s | 460 | #2,212 (2010) | #2,696 |
| 2020s | 413 | #1,571 (2025) | #2,240 |
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.
Lucky in 1945
Top girls' names in 1945
Top boys' names in 1945
More about 1945
girls
1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 186,727 of them was named Lucky, which outranked 29.9% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,388Wilmer8
- #3,388Wyona8
- #3,388Yvonna8
- #3,676Lucky7
- #3,676Adair7
- #3,676Adriene7
- #3,676Aldene7
- #4,025Acquanetta6
- #4,025Adelfina6
- #4,025Afton6
Tied with 348 names at #3,676; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 395Bernardine#937 → #1,332
- ↓ 386Joella#988 → #1,374
- ↓ 342Venita#937 → #1,279
- ↓ 275Magdalene#867 → #1,142
- ↓ 249Alpha#964 → #1,213
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 28,039 of them was named Lucky, which outranked 75.5% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).