Lucy

#24 for girls in 2025, 6,176 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 6,176 births
Debut · girls
590 births
In top 100 · girls
61 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
236,969
since 1880

Lucy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933girlsat peak
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#246,176#8,9108
2024#345,425
2023#404,884
2022#484,448#12,3305
2021#484,457
2020#504,369#8,0679
2019#484,477
2018#514,378
2017#524,604
2016#554,604
2015#554,558#12,0865
2014#614,299#10,7176
2013#663,948
2012#663,818
2011#733,704
2010#753,634
2009#1013,180#10,9946
2008#1123,075
2007#1352,570
2006#1532,259
2005#1721,965
2004#2031,643#7,5369
2003#2201,475
2002#2591,211
2001#3061,041
2000#324980
1999#364815
1998#392700
1997#378700
1996#405647
1995#445576
1994#472536
1993#480524
1992#474521
1991#471520
1990#449551#6,4157
1989#447544#5,6158
1988#440515
1987#439506
1986#429501#5,9266
1985#449487#6,5235
1984#479426
1983#483409#6,2385
1982#458466
1981#485434
1980#480439
1979#536350#5,3556
1978#587291
1977#564311
1976#514346
1975#530326
1974#472383
1973#500348
1972#450415
1971#469426
1970#438504
1969#391580
1968#336671
1967#336687
1966#323754#3,5376
1965#307870
1964#299949
1963#302936
1962#2881,008
1961#2791,086
1960#2671,130
1959#2531,206#3,2907
1958#2411,252#3,5596
1957#2281,351#2,8229
1956#2221,362
1955#2151,404
1954#2011,531#3,8275
1953#2001,565#3,4256
1952#2031,415#3,7345
1951#2161,269#3,7145
1950#2071,289
1949#1951,397
1948#2021,342
1947#2021,322
1946#1941,236#3,5255
1945#1781,146#2,3939
1944#1791,207#3,4305
1943#1761,317#2,9647
1942#1731,335#2,9407
1941#1561,444#2,8727
1940#1541,382#2,32210
1939#1541,409#2,05012
1938#1541,428#1,97613
1937#1511,449#2,9057
1936#1471,446#3,1476
1935#1411,510#2,24611
1934#1341,647#1,93214
1933#1291,747#3,0047
1932#1281,829#1,92215
1931#1261,827#1,77017
1930#1192,121#1,96415
1929#1152,127#2,00215
1928#1122,322#1,61122
1927#1122,542#1,79619
1926#1062,545#2,18614
1925#1022,766#2,08915
1924#982,978#1,67522
1923#923,002#2,12315
1922#932,977#2,48612
1921#933,157#2,15215
1920#943,018#2,05216
1919#913,007#3,1158
1918#903,108#2,39812
1917#872,929#2,09114
1916#842,877#2,38911
1915#792,814#2,45810
1914#732,298#2,4578
1913#761,856#2,0928
1912#781,636#2,5445
1911#771,309
1910#751,283#1,4216
1909#711,175
1908#731,118#1,0218
1907#681,152#9998
1906#691,077#9278
1905#661,132
1904#661,086#1,0646
1903#68990
1902#651,065#1,0136
1901#61979#7798
1900#611,246#1,3105
1899#601,018#7868
1898#591,144#1,1215
1897#61984#9426
1896#591,074#1,1015
1895#611,016#8727
1894#571,077#9546
1893#561,036
1892#551,057
1891#53944#9635
1890#53973
1889#54893
1888#51964
1887#51811
1886#50817
1885#52711
1884#47787
1883#48663
1882#46673
1881#44611#8665
1880#44590
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lucy was already there! It came in at #44, and was given to 590 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1979, when fewer than 430 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#34#24)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#50#24)
  • 31 spots since 2015 (#55#24)
  • Biggest jump: 56 spots in 1980 (#536#480)
  • Biggest drop: 58 spots in 1975 (#472#530)
Rise & fade · girls
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #24 (6,176 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 61 yrs · run 1880–1924
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 150
  • Highest: 1 in 150 girls born in 1881 were named Lucy (0.66%)
  • Latest: 1 in 260 girls born in 2025 (0.38%)
  • Its best rank, #24 in 2025, was only 1 in 260 (0.38%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.7% of all girls named Lucy (42,024) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #44 (1881) → #587 (1978) → #24 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,520#44 (1881)#49
1890s10,323#53 (1890)#57
1900s11,020#61 (1900)#67
1910s23,117#73 (1914)#81
1920s27,434#92 (1923)#102
1930s16,413#119 (1930)#138
1940s13,128#154 (1940)#181
1950s13,644#200 (1953)#219
1960s8,671#267 (1960)#313
1970s3,700#438 (1970)#506
1980s4,727#429 (1986)#459
1990s6,090#364 (1999)#433
2000s19,399#101 (2009)#199
2010s42,024#48 (2019)#60
2020s29,759#24 (2025)#41

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

Lucy in 1933

girls
#129
1,747 births · 1 in 577 girls
boys
#3,004
7 births · 1 in 141,646 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #129Lucy1,747

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #3,004Lucy7
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 577 of them was named Lucy, which outranked 97.3% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucy
  1. #126Georgia1,814
  2. #127Jessie1,808
  3. #128Christine1,794
  4. #129Lucy1,747
  5. #130Mattie1,675
  6. #131Sue1,670
  7. #132Rosa1,645
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 141,646 of them was named Lucy, which outranked 27.7% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucy
  1. #2,738Yates8
  2. #2,738Zebedee8
  3. #2,738Zenon8
  4. #3,004Lucy7
  5. #3,004Abelino7
  6. #3,004Abundio7
  7. #3,004Adelaido7
  8. #3,268Ada6
  9. #3,268Adalberto6
  10. #3,268Adelard6

Tied with 263 names at #3,004; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933