Lucretia

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Lucretia first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 135 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1974 with 190 babies (rank #747 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lucretia

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lucretia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

10,422

Total babies (all years)

135

Years in the data

190

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Lucretia

Lucretia Mottfeminist · b. 1793
Lucretia Garfieldwife · b. 1832

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	29	#292
1881	52	#211
1882	65	#207
1883	35	#297
1884	26	#394
1885	34	#346
1886	32	#382
1887	27	#430
1888	35	#424
1889	30	#447
1890	32	#463
1891	35	#426
1892	32	#485
1893	27	#542
1894	31	#521
1895	29	#557
1896	31	#543
1897	30	#548
1898	26	#645
1899	29	#575
1900	28	#682
1901	30	#570
1902	28	#634
1903	32	#585
1904	33	#594
1905	36	#583
1906	30	#672
1907	30	#697
1908	35	#660
1909	37	#656
1910	29	#807
1911	40	#692
1912	51	#708
1913	49	#756
1914	61	#740
1915	92	#690
1916	89	#724
1917	78	#786
1918	92	#746
1919	76	#809
1920	101	#723
1921	97	#746
1922	87	#781
1923	75	#849
1924	92	#780
1925	79	#838
1926	107	#700
1927	105	#707
1928	87	#771
1929	72	#838
1930	68	#876
1931	75	#781
1932	104	#662
1933	71	#786
1934	66	#843
1935	81	#755
1936	92	#697
1937	88	#721
1938	88	#733
1939	108	#653
1940	146	#579
1941	165	#548
1942	152	#603
1943	128	#670
1944	119	#688
1945	96	#765
1946	126	#720
1947	118	#807
1948	125	#765
1949	113	#828
1950	134	#744
1951	121	#813
1952	110	#880
1953	136	#790
1954	143	#784
1955	141	#817
1956	143	#828
1957	129	#899
1958	121	#939
1959	133	#906
1960	179	#763
1961	178	#787
1962	168	#808
1963	161	#822
1964	172	#794
1965	150	#812
1966	161	#775
1967	114	#955
1968	133	#895
1969	136	#909
1970	177	#792
1971	189	#770
1972	173	#794
1973	173	#777
1974	190	#747
1975	145	#904
1976	144	#912
1977	142	#975
1978	125	#1,064
1979	110	#1,194
1980	104	#1,256
1981	114	#1,168
1982	117	#1,174
1983	85	#1,397
1984	67	#1,649
1985	73	#1,627
1986	76	#1,581
1987	66	#1,784
1988	72	#1,762
1989	68	#1,919
1990	70	#1,965
1991	65	#2,085
1992	53	#2,445
1993	41	#2,916
1994	35	#3,277
1995	25	#4,171
1996	20	#4,978
1997	22	#4,755
1998	21	#5,057
1999	13	#7,508
2000	13	#7,841
2001	7	#12,891
2002	12	#8,611
2003	6	#14,991
2004	6	#15,293
2006	5	#18,896
2007	9	#12,255
2008	6	#16,659
2009	6	#16,430
2010	8	#12,985
2011	6	#15,991
2012	8	#12,935
2016	5	#17,805
2017	6	#15,206
2018	7	#13,272