How rare is the name Lucky?

3,838 people in the United States have the first name Lucky, about 1 in 78,695. It ranks #4,733 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LUCKY

#4,733

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,838
About
1 in 78,695
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,838 people named Lucky, 33.2% reported their origin as White, 31.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 21% as Black. 78% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lucky peaked in 2025, when 142 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
142
In 2025*
142
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 4,226 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Lucky by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #2,292. The largest share of babies named Lucky, 23.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,65237
1920s#3,606190
1930s#4,366114
1940s#2,292409
1950s#2,728396
1960s#3,281333
1970s#4,655248
1980s#5,378260
1990s#4,300492
2000s#4,512647
2010s#5,170568
2020s#3,858532
Greatest Generation 1901–274.6%
Silent Generation 1928–458.8%
Baby boom 1946–6418.1%
Generation X 1965–8010%
Millennials 1981–9613.4%
Generation Z 1997–1223.1%
2013 and later22%

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 Lucky

#4,730 Ike · 3,839#4,730 Vihaan · 3,839#4,734 Britta · 3,836#4,734 Demarco · 3,836

Spelled almost the same

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

#433 Lucy · 130,370#29,770 Luck · 296#49,815 Lucey · 123

Also a last name

As a last name, Lucky ranks #11,432 of 156,621, with 2,636 people. See Lucky as a last name

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