Lucien
Lucien was given to 265 boys in 2025, #899 among boys’ names; 9,998 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,980 Americans named Lucien and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 8 and 41.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lucien by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lucien mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Lucien is “a male given name, equivalent to English Lucian”
/ly.sjɛ̃/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lucien?
#899 among boys’ names, 2025
Lucien rose from #1,159 in 2015 to #899 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.08 to 0.16 per 1,000.
265 babies in 2025, the peak
Lucien peaked in 2025, when 265 boys were given it, #899 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 258 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 265 | #899 | 0.16 |
| 2024 | 258 | #907 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 250 | #925 | 0.15 |
| 2022 | 202 | #1,083 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 179 | #1,138 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,091 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 167 | #1,166 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,186 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 167 | #1,138 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 176 | #1,113 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 162 | #1,159 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 150 | #1,221 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 173 | #1,081 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 161 | #1,140 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 164 | #1,117 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 169 | #1,116 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 152 | #1,189 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 145 | #1,220 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 141 | #1,252 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,138 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,338 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 87 | #1,536 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 69 | #1,755 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 69 | #1,701 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 81 | #1,504 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 52 | #1,983 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,589 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,141 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,244 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,570 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,384 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,063 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,430 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,335 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,117 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,143 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,010 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,932 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,263 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,558 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,707 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,885 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 42 | #1,505 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,749 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,484 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,638 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,658 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,965 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,686 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,488 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,683 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,492 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,453 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,482 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,427 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 39 | #1,228 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,172 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,472 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 29 | #1,446 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,274 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,369 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,694 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,191 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,312 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,221 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,111 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,047 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,115 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,039 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 57 | #987 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 54 | #984 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 53 | #989 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,047 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 65 | #846 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 73 | #805 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 78 | #768 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 85 | #746 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 84 | #713 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 57 | #834 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 76 | #714 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 75 | #750 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 77 | #735 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 73 | #726 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 67 | #754 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 63 | #766 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 61 | #791 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 47 | #917 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 62 | #776 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 54 | #855 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 98 | #596 | 0.09 |
| 1933 | 76 | #682 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 73 | #734 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 98 | #595 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 107 | #580 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 82 | #682 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 97 | #624 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 145 | #503 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 142 | #511 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 132 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 129 | #554 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 158 | #487 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 137 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 141 | #526 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 122 | #562 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 129 | #525 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 118 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 119 | #533 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 147 | #472 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 125 | #495 | 0.15 |
| 1914 | 89 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1913 | 78 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1912 | 48 | #589 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 36 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 22 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 30 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 14 | #730 | 0.09 |
| 1907 | 14 | #725 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 13 | #696 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 18 | #560 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 10 | #793 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 16 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 19 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 8 | #821 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 13 | #718 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 14 | #537 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 9 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 13 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 14 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 13 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 12 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 13 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 10 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 12 | #546 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 10 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 12 | #570 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 16 | #495 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 11 | #570 | 0.11 |
| 1886 | 8 | #732 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 14 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 11 | #590 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 11 | #578 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 15 | #480 | 0.13 |
| 1881 | 11 | #551 | 0.11 |
| 1880 | 19 | #397 | 0.17 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lucien a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lucien has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lucien: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lucien, and how old are they?
5,980 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 9,998 Americans ever recorded as Lucien. The median Lucien alive today is 17 years old; half are between 8 and 41.
The 2020 Census counted 5,667 people named Lucien (108 women and girls, 5,559 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,057 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 240 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 640 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 470 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 497 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,650 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,470 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lucien born?
The states with the most babies named Lucien are California, Texas and New York, with 44% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 41 | #676 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 24 | #999 | 0.4× |
| New York | 22 | #676 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 18 | #833 | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 11 | #657 | 0.2× |
| Washington | 10 | #668 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 10 | #849 | 0.2× |
| Connecticut | 9 | #354 | 1.4× |
| Oregon | 9 | #426 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 9 | #908 | 0.1× |
Where Lucien is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lucien is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 9.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lucien with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 25,397 babies since 1880, Lucien is the second most given (39% of them). In 2025 it was given to 265 of their 967 babies (27%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lucien
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lucien and names like it
- Compare Lucien and LucianBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLucien peaked in 2025.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lucien since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Lucien: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Lucien.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lucien alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.