Lucile
Lucile was given to 26 girls in 2025, #5,050 among girls’ names; 34,983 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,150 Americans named Lucile and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (9% of everyone recorded); the median is 75 years old and half are between 32 and 86.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lucile by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lucile mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lucile is “a female given name from Latin, variant of Lucille.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lucile?
#5,050 among girls’ names, 2025
Lucile fell from #3,894 in 2015 to #5,050 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 21.8 to 16.2 per million.
1,516 babies in 1917, the peak
Lucile peaked in 1917, when 1,516 girls were given it, #142 among girls’ names. The 26 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #5,050 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,438 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,309 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,631 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,493 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,584 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,227 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,045 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,760 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,209 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | #3,894 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,512 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,709 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,667 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,303 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,091 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,636 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,717 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,822 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,222 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,927 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,771 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,074 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,371 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #8,000 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,415 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,566 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,823 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,554 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,557 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,330 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,393 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,155 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,317 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,732 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 6 | #12,268 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,781 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,889 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,170 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,870 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,733 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,826 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,794 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,699 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,636 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,744 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,495 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,672 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,986 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,390 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,757 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #3,020 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,190 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,385 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,657 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,511 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,746 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,576 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,979 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,872 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,630 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,615 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,414 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 72 | #1,230 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 72 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,148 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 84 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 94 | #973 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 77 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 89 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 100 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 112 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 131 | #749 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 108 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 119 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 131 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 147 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1942 | 155 | #598 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 181 | #512 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 165 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1939 | 188 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1938 | 190 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1937 | 233 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1936 | 234 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1935 | 266 | #395 | 0.25 |
| 1934 | 281 | #382 | 0.27 |
| 1933 | 306 | #361 | 0.30 |
| 1932 | 367 | #332 | 0.34 |
| 1931 | 361 | #336 | 0.34 |
| 1930 | 487 | #302 | 0.43 |
| 1929 | 543 | #275 | 0.49 |
| 1928 | 638 | #253 | 0.55 |
| 1927 | 716 | #243 | 0.60 |
| 1926 | 805 | #224 | 0.68 |
| 1925 | 900 | #213 | 0.74 |
| 1924 | 927 | #211 | 0.74 |
| 1923 | 1,055 | #198 | 0.87 |
| 1922 | 1,130 | #189 | 0.94 |
| 1921 | 1,242 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1920 | 1,358 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1919 | 1,447 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1918 | 1,448 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1917 | 1,516 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1916 | 1,483 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1915 | 1,441 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1914 | 1,166 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1913 | 1,003 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1912 | 882 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1911 | 654 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1910 | 698 | #118 | 1.8 |
| 1909 | 570 | #124 | 1.6 |
| 1908 | 592 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1907 | 508 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1906 | 485 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1905 | 479 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1904 | 433 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1903 | 370 | #145 | 1.4 |
| 1902 | 388 | #143 | 1.5 |
| 1901 | 346 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1900 | 395 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1899 | 305 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1898 | 330 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1897 | 269 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1896 | 300 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1895 | 248 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1894 | 239 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1893 | 194 | #183 | 0.91 |
| 1892 | 201 | #179 | 0.95 |
| 1891 | 177 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1890 | 149 | #196 | 0.78 |
| 1889 | 135 | #196 | 0.76 |
| 1888 | 94 | #239 | 0.53 |
| 1887 | 85 | #226 | 0.58 |
| 1886 | 71 | #247 | 0.49 |
| 1885 | 78 | #224 | 0.59 |
| 1884 | 55 | #263 | 0.43 |
| 1883 | 49 | #258 | 0.44 |
| 1882 | 58 | #228 | 0.54 |
| 1881 | 36 | #272 | 0.39 |
| 1880 | 40 | #248 | 0.44 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lucile a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lucile has been given almost only to girls: 96 boys in 140 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lucile: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lucile, and how old are they?
3,150 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 9% of the 34,983 Americans ever recorded as Lucile. The median Lucile alive today is 75 years old; half are between 32 and 86.
The 2020 Census counted 3,459 people named Lucile (3,448 women and girls, 11 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,537 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,080 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 962 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 116 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 342 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 414 |
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 Lucile born?
The states with the most babies named Lucile are Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and South Carolina are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 3,870 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Alabama | 2,781 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| South Carolina | 2,141 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Texas | 1,504 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Mississippi | 1,356 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| North Carolina | 1,090 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Tennessee | 932 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Florida | 766 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Illinois | 694 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Iowa | 599 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Lucile is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lucile is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 4.2 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 girls’ 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 Lucile 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 272,797 babies since 1880, Lucile is the second most given (13% of them). In 2025 it was given to 26 of their 1,384 babies (1.9%), 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 Lucile
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 Lucile and names like it
- Compare Lucile and LucilleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLucile peaked in 1917.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lucile since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Lucile.
- The names of the Silent GenerationMost people named Lucile alive today were born 1928-1945.
- Names starting with LMost given first.