Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: EnglishLucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning as of light. Alternative spellings are Luci and Lucie.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lucy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Lucy's 2024 count, 5,396 births, is its highest ever, matched by a fresh best-ever rank, #34 — a 26% climb over the past decade, a steadier pace than the triple-digit gains posted by names like Ivy or Ezekiel in this same batch.
This name's SSA data reaches back to 1880, though its enrichment data goes back further still: Saint Lucy, dated to roughly the year 283, is one of the oldest specific figures attached to any name covered across all four batches.
Lucy Liu and Lucy Lawless keep the name visible in contemporary film and television, while Lucy Maud Montgomery's authorship of Anne of Green Gables adds a literary anchor from over a century ago.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 590 | #44 |
| 1881 | 611 | #44 |
| 1882 | 673 | #46 |
| 1883 | 663 | #48 |
| 1884 | 787 | #47 |
| 1885 | 711 | #52 |
| 1886 | 817 | #50 |
| 1887 | 811 | #51 |
| 1888 | 964 | #51 |
| 1889 | 893 | #54 |
| 1890 | 973 | #53 |
| 1891 | 944 | #53 |
| 1892 | 1,057 | #55 |
| 1893 | 1,036 | #56 |
| 1894 | 1,077 | #57 |
| 1895 | 1,016 | #61 |
| 1896 | 1,074 | #59 |
| 1897 | 984 | #61 |
| 1898 | 1,144 | #59 |
| 1899 | 1,018 | #60 |
| 1900 | 1,246 | #61 |
| 1901 | 979 | #61 |
| 1902 | 1,065 | #65 |
| 1903 | 990 | #68 |
| 1904 | 1,086 | #66 |
| 1905 | 1,132 | #66 |
| 1906 | 1,077 | #69 |
| 1907 | 1,152 | #68 |
| 1908 | 1,118 | #74 |
| 1909 | 1,175 | #71 |
| 1910 | 1,283 | #75 |
| 1911 | 1,309 | #77 |
| 1912 | 1,636 | #78 |
| 1913 | 1,856 | #77 |
| 1914 | 2,298 | #73 |
| 1915 | 2,814 | #79 |
| 1916 | 2,877 | #84 |
| 1917 | 2,929 | #88 |
| 1918 | 3,108 | #90 |
| 1919 | 3,007 | #91 |
| 1920 | 3,018 | #94 |
| 1921 | 3,157 | #93 |
| 1922 | 2,977 | #93 |
| 1923 | 3,002 | #92 |
| 1924 | 2,978 | #98 |
| 1925 | 2,766 | #102 |
| 1926 | 2,545 | #106 |
| 1927 | 2,542 | #112 |
| 1928 | 2,321 | #113 |
| 1929 | 2,128 | #115 |
| 1930 | 2,121 | #119 |
| 1931 | 1,827 | #126 |
| 1932 | 1,829 | #128 |
| 1933 | 1,747 | #129 |
| 1934 | 1,647 | #134 |
| 1935 | 1,510 | #141 |
| 1936 | 1,446 | #147 |
| 1937 | 1,450 | #151 |
| 1938 | 1,427 | #154 |
| 1939 | 1,409 | #154 |
| 1940 | 1,382 | #154 |
| 1941 | 1,444 | #156 |
| 1942 | 1,335 | #173 |
| 1943 | 1,316 | #176 |
| 1944 | 1,208 | #179 |
| 1945 | 1,146 | #178 |
| 1946 | 1,236 | #194 |
| 1947 | 1,322 | #202 |
| 1948 | 1,342 | #202 |
| 1949 | 1,397 | #195 |
| 1950 | 1,289 | #207 |
| 1951 | 1,269 | #216 |
| 1952 | 1,415 | #203 |
| 1953 | 1,565 | #200 |
| 1954 | 1,531 | #201 |
| 1955 | 1,404 | #215 |
| 1956 | 1,362 | #222 |
| 1957 | 1,351 | #228 |
| 1958 | 1,252 | #241 |
| 1959 | 1,206 | #253 |
| 1960 | 1,130 | #267 |
| 1961 | 1,086 | #279 |
| 1962 | 1,009 | #288 |
| 1963 | 935 | #302 |
| 1964 | 949 | #300 |
| 1965 | 870 | #307 |
| 1966 | 754 | #323 |
| 1967 | 687 | #336 |
| 1968 | 669 | #339 |
| 1969 | 581 | #391 |
| 1970 | 504 | #438 |
| 1971 | 426 | #469 |
| 1972 | 415 | #450 |
| 1973 | 348 | #500 |
| 1974 | 384 | #471 |
| 1975 | 326 | #530 |
| 1976 | 346 | #516 |
| 1977 | 311 | #567 |
| 1978 | 291 | #588 |
| 1979 | 350 | #537 |
| 1980 | 439 | #480 |
| 1981 | 434 | #485 |
| 1982 | 466 | #458 |
| 1983 | 410 | #482 |
| 1984 | 426 | #481 |
| 1985 | 487 | #450 |
| 1986 | 501 | #429 |
| 1987 | 505 | #440 |
| 1988 | 514 | #442 |
| 1989 | 544 | #447 |
| 1990 | 551 | #449 |
| 1991 | 521 | #471 |
| 1992 | 521 | #474 |
| 1993 | 524 | #480 |
| 1994 | 536 | #473 |
| 1995 | 576 | #445 |
| 1996 | 647 | #405 |
| 1997 | 700 | #380 |
| 1998 | 700 | #392 |
| 1999 | 815 | #364 |
| 2000 | 980 | #324 |
| 2001 | 1,041 | #306 |
| 2002 | 1,211 | #260 |
| 2003 | 1,475 | #220 |
| 2004 | 1,642 | #203 |
| 2005 | 1,964 | #172 |
| 2006 | 2,259 | #153 |
| 2007 | 2,571 | #135 |
| 2008 | 3,074 | #112 |
| 2009 | 3,180 | #101 |
| 2010 | 3,634 | #75 |
| 2011 | 3,703 | #73 |
| 2012 | 3,818 | #66 |
| 2013 | 3,948 | #66 |
| 2014 | 4,298 | #61 |
| 2015 | 4,555 | #55 |
| 2016 | 4,604 | #55 |
| 2017 | 4,604 | #52 |
| 2018 | 4,378 | #51 |
| 2019 | 4,476 | #48 |
| 2020 | 4,367 | #50 |
| 2021 | 4,452 | #48 |
| 2022 | 4,444 | #48 |
| 2023 | 4,882 | #40 |
| 2024 | 5,396 | #34 |
