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

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Peak · boys
#927
1945 · 48 births
Debut · boys
1912
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,624
since 1912

Lucky over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #2,558, 1943peak #927, 1945girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#4,17234#1,571108
2024#5,14825#1,85687
2023#6,92216#2,76946
2022#7,28115#2,40858
2021#7,63014#2,07970
2020#7,21215#2,75944
2019#6,69817#2,69447
2018#8,61712#2,74844
2017#8,77612#2,75544
2016#11,7818#2,33556
2015—#2,72244
2014#9,51711#2,37054
2013#7,74815#3,26533
2012#10,42910#3,05937
2011#8,61413#2,79842
2010#10,45110#2,21259
2009#11,4599#2,40153
2008#12,5798#2,29157
2007#10,81810#2,13963
2006#10,61110#1,91970
2005#16,4625#1,86968
2004#9,89210#1,88065
2003#7,99813#2,47042
2002#12,1877#1,99855
2001#11,0208#2,34642
2000#15,0315#2,13647
1999#11,3857#2,02347
1998#12,4266#2,06845
1997#10,8367#1,96446
1996#9,5818#1,76452
1995#7,51411#2,05540
1994#6,67213#1,92743
1993#5,67316#3,04222
1992#11,7386#2,90923
1991#5,39917#1,86742
1990#5,54916#2,62825
1989—#2,69023
1988#11,7985#2,14629
1987—#3,07216
1986#9,5456#2,60120
1985—#2,29323
1984—#2,23223
1983#6,21210#2,57718
1982#8,2247#2,16624
1981—#1,89929
1980—#2,00327
1979#10,2105#2,04825
1978—#2,79915
1977—#1,82328
1976—#1,87326
1975—#1,59332
1974—#2,54915
1973—#1,65328
1972—#1,60329
1971—#1,74526
1970—#2,05819
1969—#2,13016
1968#5,1478#1,50627
1967—#1,28734
1966—#1,40130
1965—#1,31834
1964—#1,35034
1963#6,5925#1,42630
1962—#1,29536
1961—#1,49629
1960—#1,09850
1959—#1,91618
1958—#1,34533
1957#6,0865#1,54726
1956#5,3256#1,15743
1955#5,8285#1,27335
1954—#1,11245
1953#4,5957#1,05847
1952#4,1238#1,19538
1951#5,4145#1,33231
1950#5,3015#1,13939
1949#4,2357#1,11040
1948—#1,23134
1947#4,0078#1,01450
1946#3,03411#1,19634
1945#3,6767#92748
1944#3,6877#1,05539
1943#2,55813#1,14036
1942#3,4448#1,86715
1941—#1,41123
1940#4,3495#1,36824
1939—#1,95813
1938—#1,52120
1937—#2,19711
1936—#2,8547
1935—#2,9517
1934—#2,26611
1933——
1932—#2,6389
1931—#1,77017
1930—#1,69319
1929—#2,58910
1928—#1,61122
1927#4,2866#1,46826
1926#4,3066#1,72020
1925#4,0287#2,08915
1924—#2,13215
1923—#2,02016
1922#4,4456#2,34713
1921#5,0995#2,05916
1920—#3,4897
1919—#3,3917
1918——
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1916—#2,38911
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1914—#2,9156
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First appearance
1912

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.

Where Lucky is popular in 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedHITexas: #773 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 14,849 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Lucky, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#773 · 1 in 14,849

Best ever in a state: #433 in Michigan, 1954.

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Texas#77381 in 14,849
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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 Lucky
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1945 at #927 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,816
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 15.5% of all boys named Lucky (562) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s37#2,269 (1912)#2,836
1920s160#1,468 (1927)#2,152
1930s114#1,521 (1938)#2,205
1940s343#927 (1945)#1,232
1950s355#1,058 (1953)#1,307
1960s320#1,098 (1960)#1,431
1970s243#1,593 (1975)#1,974
1980s232#1,899 (1981)#2,368
1990s385#1,764 (1996)#2,225
2000s562#1,869 (2005)#2,145
2010s460#2,212 (2010)#2,696
2020s413#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 1953

girls
#4,595
7 births · 1 in 268,757 girls
boys
#1,058
47 births · 1 in 41,964 boys

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #4,595Lucky7

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #1,058Lucky47
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 268,757 of them was named Lucky, which outranked 29.3% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucky
  1. #4,226Zada8
  2. #4,226Zara8
  3. #4,226Zelpha8
  4. #4,595Lucky7
  5. #4,595Adonica7
  6. #4,595Alaina7
  7. #4,595Alessandra7
  8. #5,040Abelina6
  9. #5,040Adah6
  10. #5,040Adelfa6

Tied with 444 names at #4,595; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,253Enola#3,201 → #948
  2. ↑ 885Lu#1,368 → #483
  3. ↑ 749Joni#1,046 → #297
  4. ↑ 553Brooke#1,351 → #798
  5. ↑ 531Lorri#1,430 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 274Roseanna#808 → #1,082
  2. ↓ 253Georgie#946 → #1,199
  3. ↓ 218Pandora#783 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 204Fonda#822 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 195Brinda#935 → #1,130

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

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 41,964 of them was named Lucky, which outranked 75.6% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucky
  1. #1,046Roddy48
  2. #1,046Webster48
  3. #1,046Whitney48
  4. #1,058Lucky47
  5. #1,058Aron47
  6. #1,058Beverly47
  7. #1,058Brice47
  8. #1,074Allyn46
  9. #1,074Asa46
  10. #1,074Benson46

Tied with 15 names at #1,058; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,276Faron#2,251 → #975
  2. ↑ 694Shane#1,213 → #519
  3. ↑ 528Enrico#1,517 → #989
  4. ↑ 441Blaise#1,430 → #989
  5. ↑ 429Robbin#1,268 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Durwood#981 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 392Jonnie#939 → #1,331
  3. ↓ 312Elvis#968 → #1,280
  4. ↓ 293Edsel#968 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 292Beverly#766 → #1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1953 →