Girls' name · since 1897

Luciana

16,629 babies named Luciana in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#1,194 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#273 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
16,629
born since 1897
2010s
peak decade

Luciana currently ranks #273 among girls' names in America, with 16,629 babies recorded since 1897.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luciana has been recorded 16,629 times among girls since 1897, currently ranked #273 nationally and more common than 98% 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 1897 to 2025.

  • #1,194 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #273 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 16,629 born since 1897
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luciana ranks #1,194 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #273 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,629 born since 1897, peaking in the 2010s.

#1,194 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#273 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
16,629
born since 1897
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%98.4%
Luciana vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Luciana's 16,629 recorded births place it above 98.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

42 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Luciana compares

16,629 Top 7% higher than 93% 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

Luciana's all-time total is 44x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Luciana Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 16,629 376 567,345
Peak-year births 1,139 21 19,840

Luciana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Luciana splits its recorded history at 1974: 97% of all births land in the more recent half, 3% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1897 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 1,139 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Luciana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2025

Top 1,000 girls' name
Peak year (2025)
1,139
Annual births at peak, across 129 years of records
05001,0001,500 189719241942196219751988200120142025 1,139

Luciana by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (6,594 births, 40% of the file).

2010s was Luciana's strongest decade.

6,594 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.

Luciana births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6,594 births (40% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Luciana 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 Luciana's total volume

Luciana vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%2%4%6%8% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -78, 5.8%-65, 4.9%-146, 2.2%-129, 2.5%-146, 2.2%-146, 3.1%-110, 6.7%-142, 6%-112, 4.2%-47, 5.2%-146, 3.5%-140, 3.9%-112, 6.6%-53, 6%-65, 3.8%Luciana-129, 6.8%Luciana
Luciana vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Luciana by state

Where Luciana concentrates geographically, total births since 1897

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Luciana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
2,497 15.0%
#2 Texas
1,896 11.4%
#3 Florida
1,623 9.8%
#4 New York
1,231 7.4%
#5 New Jersey
846 5.1%
#6 Illinois
737 4.4%
#7 Arizona
530 3.2%
#8 Pennsylvania
493 3.0%
California share of Luciana's total US births 15.0%
Even split

2,497 of 16,629 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.

Luciana appears in 42 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Luciana?
Since 1897, Social Security records show 16,629 babies named Luciana. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #1,194 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #273 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 1,139 births.
Where does Luciana sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luciana ranks #1,194 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #273 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Luciana most popular?
Luciana was most popular in the 2010s decade with 6,594 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Luciana most popular?
The top states for the name Luciana are California (2,497 births), Texas (1,896 births), Florida (1,623 births).
How long has the name Luciana been used?
Records for Luciana go back to 1897, giving 129 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Luciana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lucy, Lucille, Lucia, Lucinda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Luciana's data

  • Luciana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (6,594 total births) through the 2020s (5,606) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Lucianas (2,497 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.

Keep exploring Luciana

Nearby Names Like Luciana

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Luciana

Names with a similar popularity rank to Luciana

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Luciana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1897–2025 (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 Luciana 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.