How rare is the name Lucrecia?

3,978 people in the United States have the first name Lucrecia, about 1 in 75,925. It ranks #4,615 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LUCRECIA

#4,615

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,978
About
1 in 75,925
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,978 people named Lucrecia, 81.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% as White and 6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lucrecia peaked in 1977, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1977
Births that year
32
In 2025*
6 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,074 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Lucrecia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #4,763. The largest share of babies named Lucrecia, 31.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#9,47512
1920s#9,24228
1930s#6,65848
1940s#5,49685
1950s#6,80675
1960s#5,183148
1970s#4,763239
1980s#7,532155
1990s#12,488106
2000s#21,01364
2010s#22,66558
2020s#16,87256
Greatest Generation 1901–272.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.8%
Baby boom 1946–6416.4%
Generation X 1965–8031.6%
Millennials 1981–9619.6%
Generation Z 1997–1210.6%
2013 and later8.4%

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 Lucrecia

#4,612 Sima · 3,981#4,614 China · 3,979#4,616 Coraline · 3,977#4,616 Del · 3,977

Spelled almost the same

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

#20,595 Lucrezia · 500#29,280 Lucresia · 303

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