Girls' name · since 1922
Luce
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 38 babies named Luce, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,223 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,345 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
38 babies have been named Luce since 1922, making it today's #13345 girls' name.
Luce has 38 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13345 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #38,223 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,345 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 1922
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luce ranks #38,223 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,345 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 1922, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,223 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,345 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
Luce's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Luce compares
38 13th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Luce's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luce | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Luce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Luce's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Luce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Luce by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Luce's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Luce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (71% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1922–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Luce draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.