How rare is the name Lucien?

5,667 people in the United States have the first name Lucien, about 1 in 53,297. It ranks #3,608 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LUCIEN

#3,608

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,667
About
1 in 53,297
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,667 people named Lucien, 62.4% reported their origin as White, 16.6% as Black and 10.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lucien peaked in 2025, when 265 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
265
In 2025*
265
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,998 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lucien by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,108. The largest share of babies named Lucien, 24.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,108128
1890s#1,457120
1900s#1,499155
1910s#1,132911
1920s#1,1711,285
1930s#1,465739
1940s#1,633745
1950s#2,365518
1960s#3,213345
1970s#3,915321
1980s#4,389344
1990s#5,581337
2000s#3,1891,064
2010s#2,5021,650
2020s#2,0751,336
Before 19012.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–2721.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4513.4%
Baby boom 1946–6410.1%
Generation X 1965–805.3%
Millennials 1981–965.2%
Generation Z 1997–1216.7%
2013 and later24.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lucien is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lucien has been most common in Maine (22×), New Hampshire (18×), and Rhode Island (15×), and least common in Michigan (0.17×).

5,397 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Lucien

1 other first name also has 5,667 people.

#3,608 Edie · 5,667

Either side of Lucien

#3,607 Dottie · 5,675#3,608 Edie · 5,667#3,610 Keren · 5,666#3,611 Carmel · 5,664

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lucien, most common first.

#2,813 Lucian · 8,220#24,570 Luciene · 391#51,177 Lucion · 115

Also a last name

As a last name, Lucien ranks #16,464 of 156,621, with 1,694 people. See Lucien as a last name

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