Girls' name · peaked in 1915
Lucille name popularity since 1925
119,070 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lucille. Half of them were born in 1940 or earlier, so the typical Lucille is about 86 years old in 2026. Lucille peaked in 1915 as the #29 name for girls, and it ranked #239 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 119,070
- Named Lucille, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1915
- #29 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #239
- for girls in 2025 (1,314 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 118,674 girls · 396 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 2.85× its national share
Peak year is the year Lucille made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lucille births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Lucille peaked earlier, in 1915.
- Steepest fall: Between 1968 and 1973, Lucille's share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 6,030 to 1 in 12,100.
- Fastest rise: Between 2007 and 2012, it became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 5,060 baby girls to 1 in 2,230.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lucille's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lucille.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lucille in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 27,387 | 116 | – |
| 1930s | 30,843 | 187 | #85 |
| 1940s | 20,453 | 73 | #129 |
| 1950s | 12,048 | 20 | #243 |
| 1960s | 4,418 | 0 | #468 |
| 1970s | 1,402 | 0 | #1,116 |
| 1980s | 1,053 | 0 | #1,378 |
| 1990s | 1,215 | 0 | #1,423 |
| 2000s | 3,212 | 0 | #802 |
| 2010s | 9,650 | 0 | #286 |
| 2020–25 | 6,993 | 0 | #239 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
45.0% of babies named Lucille from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Lucille is most popular
The index compares Lucille's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lucille.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 2.85× | 1,177 |
| New Hampshire | 2.66× | 974 |
| Vermont | 2.42× | 471 |
| Maine | 2.40× | 1,195 |
| Mississippi | 2.04× | 2,876 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lucille and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lucille (this page) | 118,674 | 1915 |
| Lucile | 9,758 | 1908 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lucille's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lucille.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lucille (1915).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data