How rare is the name Lucinda?

28,940 people in the United States have the first name Lucinda, about 1 in 10,436. It ranks #1,280 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LUCINDA

#1,280

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
28,940
About
1 in 10,436
This common or more
73.3%
Who bears it

Of the 28,940 people named Lucinda, 70.7% reported their origin as White, 13.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lucinda peaked in 1957, when 1,030 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1957
Births that year
1,030
In 2025*
116 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 38,412 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.

Lucinda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #365. The largest share of babies named Lucinda, 39.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#365869
1890s#4171,042
1900s#5061,035
1910s#8091,642
1920s#9921,715
1930s#1,0241,383
1940s#6494,367
1950s#5278,999
1960s#6546,697
1970s#9283,644
1980s#1,3562,203
1990s#2,5111,111
2000s#2,6371,392
2010s#2,5571,603
2020s#3,178710
Before 19015.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.3%
Silent Generation 1928–459%
Baby boom 1946–6439.9%
Generation X 1965–8018%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–125.9%
2013 and later4.6%

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 Lucinda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lucinda has been most common in New Mexico (2.6×), Indiana (1.9×), and South Carolina (1.5×), and least common in North Dakota (0.34×).

30,171 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.

Either side of Lucinda

#1,278 Amaya · 29,006#1,279 Charity · 28,979#1,281 Leonel · 28,890#1,282 Justice · 28,889

Spelled almost the same

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

#39,915 Lucynda · 188#43,336 Lucindy · 163#48,024 Lucenda · 134#52,287 Lucindo · 108

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