Girls' name · peaked in 1881

Lucinda name popularity since 1925

32,906 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lucinda. Half of them were born in 1961 or earlier, so the typical Lucinda is about 65 years old in 2026. Lucinda peaked in 1881 as the #153 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 32,906; Named Lucinda, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1881; #153 for girls that year
Typical age: About 65; Median birth year 1961
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,750 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 32,895 girls · 11 boys
Most popular in: New Mexico; 2.51× its national share

Peak year is the year Lucinda 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.

Lucinda births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Lucinda peaked earlier, in 1881.

Fastest rise: Between 1944 and 1949, Lucinda became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 4,230 baby girls to 1 in 2,030.
Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 2,230 to 1 in 4,200.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lucinda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lucinda.

Decade by decade

Babies named Lucinda 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	797	0	–
1930s	1,383	0	#542
1940s	4,367	0	#371
1950s	8,988	11	#300
1960s	6,697	0	#369
1970s	3,644	0	#541
1980s	2,203	0	#750
1990s	1,111	0	#1,619
2000s	1,392	0	#1,595
2010s	1,603	0	#1,549
2020–25	710	0	#1,750

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

46.5% of babies named Lucinda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Where Lucinda is most popular

The index compares Lucinda'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 Lucinda.

State	Index	Babies
New Mexico	2.51×	396
Indiana	1.99×	1,346
Ohio	1.58×	2,072
Arizona	1.46×	540
Pennsylvania	1.46×	2,112

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lucinda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lucinda.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Lucinda (1881).

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