Girls' name · peaked in 1881
Lucy name popularity since 1925
170,243 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lucy. Half of them were born in 2004 or earlier, so the typical Lucy is about 22 years old in 2026. Lucy peaked in 1881 as the #44 name for girls, and it ranked #25 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 170,243
- Named Lucy, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1881
- #44 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #25
- for girls in 2025 (6,176 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 169,857 girls · 386 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.42× its national share
Peak year is the year Lucy 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.
Lucy births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 2025. Measured as a share of all babies, Lucy peaked earlier, in 1881.
- Steepest fall: Between 1966 and 1971, Lucy's share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 2,240 to 1 in 3,910.
- Fastest rise: Between 2001 and 2006, it became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 1,730 baby girls to 1 in 842.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lucy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lucy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lucy 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 | 12,302 | 85 | – |
| 1930s | 16,413 | 117 | #141 |
| 1940s | 13,128 | 50 | #178 |
| 1950s | 13,644 | 43 | #215 |
| 1960s | 8,671 | 6 | #307 |
| 1970s | 3,700 | 6 | #530 |
| 1980s | 4,727 | 24 | #450 |
| 1990s | 6,090 | 7 | #445 |
| 2000s | 19,399 | 15 | #172 |
| 2010s | 42,024 | 11 | #55 |
| 2020–25 | 29,759 | 22 | #25 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
35.6% of babies named Lucy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Lucy is most popular
The index compares Lucy'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 Lucy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.42× | 3,482 |
| Alaska | 2.24× | 563 |
| New Mexico | 2.19× | 2,046 |
| Virginia | 1.56× | 5,953 |
| Colorado | 1.49× | 3,096 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lucy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lucy (this page) | 169,857 | 1881 |
| Lucie | 6,193 | 1880 |
| Luci | 2,865 | 2010 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lucy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lucy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lucy (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