Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: GermanLucia is both a feminine given name and a surname. It comes from the Latin word Lux meaning 'light'. It is the feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lucius and can be alternatively spelled as Lucy.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lucia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Lucia set both its records in 2024 — 2,658 births, rank 98 — after growing 85% across the decade. Saint Lucy, born 283, appears in the file with her occupation left blank, the entry stripped down to a name and a date, which is what happens when a bearer predates most of the categories the data was built for. The other listed names are a loose international scatter: the actor Lucia Bosè, born 1931, the badminton player Susi Susanti, the Body Shop founder Anita Roddick. Recorded from 1880 with 56,400 births in total, Lucia has spent most of its American life as an Italian and Spanish family name rather than a mainstream choice, and its current rise reflects the same broadening that has lifted Lorenzo and Matteo.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 15 | #442 |
| 1881 | 16 | #427 |
| 1882 | 20 | #414 |
| 1883 | 24 | #382 |
| 1884 | 22 | #433 |
| 1885 | 23 | #443 |
| 1886 | 33 | #375 |
| 1887 | 15 | #603 |
| 1888 | 34 | #430 |
| 1889 | 38 | #396 |
| 1890 | 31 | #472 |
| 1891 | 35 | #425 |
| 1892 | 37 | #447 |
| 1893 | 36 | #447 |
| 1894 | 32 | #510 |
| 1895 | 25 | #617 |
| 1896 | 34 | #510 |
| 1897 | 36 | #482 |
| 1898 | 49 | #438 |
| 1899 | 32 | #532 |
| 1900 | 42 | #520 |
| 1901 | 41 | #472 |
| 1902 | 41 | #498 |
| 1903 | 25 | #676 |
| 1904 | 46 | #488 |
| 1905 | 42 | #535 |
| 1906 | 58 | #449 |
| 1907 | 56 | #479 |
| 1908 | 44 | #565 |
| 1909 | 69 | #451 |
| 1910 | 64 | #515 |
| 1911 | 65 | #518 |
| 1912 | 88 | #517 |
| 1913 | 110 | #486 |
| 1914 | 125 | #502 |
| 1915 | 140 | #534 |
| 1916 | 167 | #503 |
| 1917 | 153 | #542 |
| 1918 | 191 | #493 |
| 1919 | 157 | #552 |
| 1920 | 147 | #594 |
| 1921 | 182 | #526 |
| 1922 | 190 | #506 |
| 1923 | 171 | #553 |
| 1924 | 182 | #535 |
| 1925 | 154 | #581 |
| 1926 | 185 | #513 |
| 1927 | 186 | #516 |
| 1928 | 192 | #500 |
| 1929 | 171 | #519 |
| 1930 | 180 | #497 |
| 1931 | 162 | #513 |
| 1932 | 185 | #487 |
| 1933 | 167 | #494 |
| 1934 | 161 | #505 |
| 1935 | 154 | #518 |
| 1936 | 174 | #491 |
| 1937 | 156 | #530 |
| 1938 | 162 | #536 |
| 1939 | 142 | #568 |
| 1940 | 158 | #547 |
| 1941 | 168 | #546 |
| 1942 | 182 | #552 |
| 1943 | 182 | #560 |
| 1944 | 167 | #564 |
| 1945 | 168 | #567 |
| 1946 | 198 | #566 |
| 1947 | 203 | #601 |
| 1948 | 221 | #558 |
| 1949 | 223 | #556 |
| 1950 | 208 | #582 |
| 1951 | 253 | #521 |
| 1952 | 258 | #530 |
| 1953 | 259 | #538 |
| 1954 | 267 | #544 |
| 1955 | 289 | #543 |
| 1956 | 219 | #643 |
| 1957 | 246 | #624 |
| 1958 | 233 | #646 |
| 1959 | 269 | #608 |
| 1960 | 260 | #626 |
| 1961 | 286 | #595 |
| 1962 | 227 | #685 |
| 1963 | 252 | #636 |
| 1964 | 293 | #577 |
| 1965 | 251 | #615 |
| 1966 | 266 | #577 |
| 1967 | 248 | #603 |
| 1968 | 253 | #606 |
| 1969 | 211 | #686 |
| 1970 | 252 | #650 |
| 1971 | 229 | #676 |
| 1972 | 228 | #660 |
| 1973 | 219 | #685 |
| 1974 | 198 | #726 |
| 1975 | 257 | #614 |
| 1976 | 278 | #587 |
| 1977 | 267 | #629 |
| 1978 | 269 | #626 |
| 1979 | 276 | #631 |
| 1980 | 316 | #584 |
| 1981 | 322 | #576 |
| 1982 | 318 | #576 |
| 1983 | 302 | #593 |
| 1984 | 335 | #558 |
| 1985 | 369 | #541 |
| 1986 | 340 | #575 |
| 1987 | 330 | #593 |
| 1988 | 313 | #636 |
| 1989 | 396 | #564 |
| 1990 | 400 | #580 |
| 1991 | 397 | #582 |
| 1992 | 401 | #581 |
| 1993 | 430 | #554 |
| 1994 | 376 | #598 |
| 1995 | 383 | #593 |
| 1996 | 400 | #576 |
| 1997 | 378 | #599 |
| 1998 | 370 | #630 |
| 1999 | 433 | #575 |
| 2000 | 552 | #490 |
| 2001 | 550 | #502 |
| 2002 | 524 | #523 |
| 2003 | 626 | #473 |
| 2004 | 741 | #413 |
| 2005 | 853 | #366 |
| 2006 | 976 | #338 |
| 2007 | 1,090 | #311 |
| 2008 | 1,099 | #303 |
| 2009 | 1,084 | #305 |
| 2010 | 1,239 | #266 |
| 2011 | 1,329 | #240 |
| 2012 | 1,304 | #248 |
| 2013 | 1,327 | #241 |
| 2014 | 1,435 | #231 |
| 2015 | 1,452 | #227 |
| 2016 | 1,523 | #213 |
| 2017 | 1,661 | #185 |
| 2018 | 1,612 | #183 |
| 2019 | 1,819 | #158 |
| 2020 | 1,752 | #160 |
| 2021 | 2,025 | #136 |
| 2022 | 2,222 | #126 |
| 2023 | 2,442 | #109 |
| 2024 | 2,658 | #98 |
