How rare is the name Lucila?

10,611 people in the United States have the first name Lucila, about 1 in 28,464. It ranks #2,367 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LUCILA

#2,367

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,611
About
1 in 28,464
This common or more
79.5%
Who bears it

Of the 10,611 people named Lucila, 91.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lucila peaked in 1982, when 40 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
40
In 2025*
24 ▼40%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,483 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Lucila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #3,435. The largest share of babies named Lucila, 21.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#7,77824
1920s#4,522131
1930s#3,651154
1940s#3,564183
1950s#3,435259
1960s#3,685273
1970s#4,250286
1980s#4,520331
1990s#6,026301
2000s#8,814242
2010s#11,877170
2020s#9,811129
Greatest Generation 1901–274.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.6%
Baby boom 1946–6419.3%
Generation X 1965–8018.5%
Millennials 1981–9621.3%
Generation Z 1997–1214.5%
2013 and later9.9%

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.

Either side of Lucila

#2,365 Erich · 10,617#2,366 Lucio · 10,616#2,368 Clarice · 10,598#2,369 Kristal · 10,596

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,087 Lucile · 3,459#13,493 Lucilla · 893#19,953 Lucilia · 523#34,642 Lucilo · 235#46,195 Lusila · 145#53,558 Lucil · 97

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