How rare is the name Lucy?

130,370 people in the United States have the first name Lucy, about 1 in 2,317. It ranks #433 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LUCY

#433

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
130,370
About
1 in 2,317
This common or more
55.8%
Who bears it

Of the 130,370 people named Lucy, 66.5% reported their origin as White, 17.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lucy peaked in 2025, when 6,184 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
6,184
In 2025*
6,184
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 237,613 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.

Lucy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #70. The largest share of babies named Lucy, 25.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#707,525
1890s#7710,365
1900s#8611,069
1910s#13423,199
1920s#17127,599
1930s#25616,530
1940s#33313,178
1950s#41813,687
1960s#5668,677
1970s#9153,706
1980s#8434,751
1990s#8176,097
2000s#37719,414
2010s#15642,035
2020s#10629,781
Before 19018.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2723.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.2%
Baby boom 1946–6410.1%
Generation X 1965–803.2%
Millennials 1981–963.4%
Generation Z 1997–1213.8%
2013 and later25.5%

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 Lucy is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lucy has been most common in New Mexico (2.4×), Utah (2.1×), and Alaska (2×), and least common in South Dakota (0.57×).

205,090 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 Lucy

#431 Greg · 131,523#432 Esther · 131,090#434 Diego · 129,961#435 Isabel · 129,711

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,139 Luca · 35,413#3,545 Luc · 5,827#4,733 Lucky · 3,838#5,304 Luci · 3,267#17,418 Luce · 634#29,770 Luck · 296#49,815 Lucey · 123

Also a last name

As a last name, Lucy ranks #10,625 of 156,621, with 2,875 people. See Lucy as a last name

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