Girls' name · since 1880
Lucia
Lucia has 59,335 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #83 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 59,335
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lucia currently ranks #83 among girls' names in America, with 59,335 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucia has been recorded 59,335 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #83 nationally and more common than 99.5% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #83 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 59,335 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucia ranks #531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #83 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 59,335 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #83 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 59,335
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lucia's 59,335 recorded births place it above 99.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lucia compares
59,335 Top 4% higher than 96% of 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
Lucia's all-time total is 158x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lucia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 59,335 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,012 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lucia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lucia splits its recorded history at 1953: 86% of all births land in the more recent half, 14% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (15 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 3,012 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lucia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 3,012
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lucia popularity over time - boys
91 total births recorded since 1926 (Lucia as boys' name)
Lucia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (14,704 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Lucia's strongest decade.
14,704 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lucia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 240
1880s
240 births
- 1890s 347
1890s
347 births
- 1900s 464
1900s
464 births
- 1910s 1,260
1910s
1,260 births
- 1920s 1,760
1920s
1,760 births
- 1930s 1,643
1930s
1,643 births
- 1940s 1,870
1940s
1,870 births
- 1950s 2,501
1950s
2,501 births
- 1960s 2,547
1960s
2,547 births
- 1970s 2,476
1970s
2,476 births
- 1980s 3,341
1980s
3,341 births
- 1990s 3,968
1990s
3,968 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,097 births
- 2010s
2010s
14,704 births
- 2020s
2020s
14,117 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 14,704 births (25% of all-time use).
How Lucia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lucia's total volume
Lucia by state
Where Lucia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11,167 | 18.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,446 | 14.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 4,833 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 3,181 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 2,739 | 4.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 1,931 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,873 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 1,692 | 2.9% |
11,167 of 59,335 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Lucia appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lucia's data
- Lucia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (14,704 total births) through the 2020s (14,117) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lucias (11,167 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lucia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
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, 1880–2025 (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 Lucia 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.