Girls' name · since 1880
Lucie
7,749 babies named Lucie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,942 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,129 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,749
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
7,749 babies have been named Lucie since 1880, making it today's #1129 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucie has been recorded 7,749 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #1129 nationally and more common than 93% 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.
- #1,942 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,129 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,749 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucie ranks #1,942 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,129 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,749 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,942 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,129 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,749
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lucie's 7,749 recorded births place it above 97.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lucie compares
7,749 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Lucie's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lucie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,749 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 207 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lucie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lucie splits its recorded history at 1953: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1976 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 207 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lucie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 207
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lucie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,526 births, 20% of the file).
2010s was Lucie's strongest decade.
1,526 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Lucie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 205
1880s
205 births
- 1890s 259
1890s
259 births
- 1900s 232
1900s
232 births
- 1910s 544
1910s
544 births
- 1920s 521
1920s
521 births
- 1930s 319
1930s
319 births
- 1940s 332
1940s
332 births
- 1950s 520
1950s
520 births
- 1960s 347
1960s
347 births
- 1970s 195
1970s
195 births
- 1980s 229
1980s
229 births
- 1990s 402
1990s
402 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,090 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,526 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,028 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,526 births (20% of all-time use).
How Lucie 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 Lucie's total volume
Lucie by state
Where Lucie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 557 | 7.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 466 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 197 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 149 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 147 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 128 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 113 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 113 | 1.5% |
557 of 7,749 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Lucie appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lucie's data
- Lucie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,526 total births) through the 2020s (1,028) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lucies (557 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 Lucie: 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 Lucie 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.