Lucille
Lucille was given to 1,314 girls in 2025, #239 among girls’ names; 233,321 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 55,200 Americans named Lucille and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 13 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lucille by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lucille mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lucille is “a female given name from French Lucille [in turn from Latin Lucilla], of 1910s US usage.”
/luˈsiːl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lucille?
#239 among girls’ names, 2025
Lucille rose from #286 in 2015 to #239 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.63 to 0.82 per 1,000.
8,006 babies in 1920, the peak
Lucille peaked in 1920, when 8,006 babies were given it (7,989 girls, #29 among girls’ names). The 1,314 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,314 | #239 | 0.82 |
| 2024 | 1,156 | #274 | 0.71 |
| 2023 | 1,107 | #285 | 0.69 |
| 2022 | 1,135 | #278 | 0.69 |
| 2021 | 1,142 | #276 | 0.70 |
| 2020 | 1,139 | #274 | 0.70 |
| 2019 | 1,127 | #296 | 0.67 |
| 2018 | 1,125 | #295 | 0.66 |
| 2017 | 1,205 | #265 | 0.70 |
| 2016 | 1,134 | #281 | 0.64 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,120 | #286 | 0.63 |
| 2014 | 970 | #343 | 0.54 |
| 2013 | 878 | #360 | 0.50 |
| 2012 | 790 | #391 | 0.45 |
| 2011 | 667 | #454 | 0.38 |
| 2010 | 634 | #476 | 0.36 |
| 2009 | 539 | #569 | 0.29 |
| 2008 | 503 | #610 | 0.27 |
| 2007 | 380 | #766 | 0.20 |
| 2006 | 386 | #728 | 0.20 |
| 2005 | 323 | #802 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 284 | #868 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 252 | #938 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 199 | #1,069 | 0.11 |
| 2001 | 192 | #1,105 | 0.11 |
| 2000 | 154 | #1,267 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 163 | #1,188 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 142 | #1,274 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 132 | #1,313 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 119 | #1,393 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 115 | #1,420 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 131 | #1,297 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 113 | #1,430 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,693 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,554 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 112 | #1,413 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 113 | #1,359 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 96 | #1,441 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 96 | #1,400 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 97 | #1,349 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 94 | #1,377 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 99 | #1,276 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 123 | #1,108 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 109 | #1,224 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 100 | #1,280 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 126 | #1,101 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 105 | #1,234 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 88 | #1,354 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 121 | #1,076 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 135 | #947 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 105 | #1,116 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 131 | #947 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 121 | #988 | 0.08 |
| 1972 | 158 | #835 | 0.10 |
| 1971 | 203 | #739 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 235 | #677 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 259 | #617 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 272 | #581 | 0.17 |
| 1967 | 300 | #545 | 0.18 |
| 1966 | 358 | #495 | 0.21 |
| 1965 | 416 | #468 | 0.24 |
| 1964 | 476 | #449 | 0.25 |
| 1963 | 498 | #435 | 0.26 |
| 1962 | 527 | #423 | 0.27 |
| 1961 | 635 | #382 | 0.31 |
| 1960 | 677 | #370 | 0.33 |
| 1959 | 792 | #338 | 0.39 |
| 1958 | 818 | #328 | 0.41 |
| 1957 | 945 | #296 | 0.46 |
| 1956 | 1,048 | #261 | 0.52 |
| 1955 | 1,140 | #243 | 0.58 |
| 1954 | 1,330 | #220 | 0.68 |
| 1953 | 1,496 | #203 | 0.80 |
| 1952 | 1,451 | #200 | 0.78 |
| 1951 | 1,478 | #194 | 0.82 |
| 1950 | 1,550 | #180 | 0.90 |
| 1949 | 1,755 | #163 | 1.0 |
| 1948 | 1,853 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 1947 | 1,998 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1946 | 1,957 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1945 | 1,885 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1944 | 1,983 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1943 | 2,248 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1942 | 2,300 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 1941 | 2,203 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1940 | 2,271 | #113 | 2.0 |
| 1939 | 2,313 | #110 | 2.1 |
| 1938 | 2,480 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1937 | 2,636 | #98 | 2.5 |
| 1936 | 2,632 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1935 | 2,887 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1934 | 2,947 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1933 | 3,117 | #78 | 3.1 |
| 1932 | 3,650 | #63 | 3.4 |
| 1931 | 3,854 | #62 | 3.6 |
| 1930 | 4,327 | #59 | 3.8 |
| 1929 | 4,502 | #57 | 4.0 |
| 1928 | 5,094 | #51 | 4.4 |
| 1927 | 5,634 | #45 | 4.7 |
| 1926 | 5,760 | #43 | 4.9 |
| 1925 | 6,397 | #41 | 5.3 |
| 1924 | 6,744 | #37 | 5.4 |
| 1923 | 6,914 | #35 | 5.7 |
| 1922 | 7,151 | #33 | 6.0 |
| 1921 | 7,698 | #31 | 6.2 |
| 1920 | 7,989 | #29 | 6.7 |
| 1919 | 7,856 | #27 | 7.0 |
| 1918 | 7,902 | #29 | 6.8 |
| 1917 | 7,529 | #29 | 7.0 |
| 1916 | 7,241 | #30 | 6.9 |
| 1915 | 7,006 | #29 | 7.1 |
| 1914 | 5,320 | #30 | 7.0 |
| 1913 | 4,098 | #31 | 6.6 |
| 1912 | 3,763 | #32 | 6.7 |
| 1911 | 2,740 | #32 | 6.6 |
| 1910 | 2,692 | #31 | 6.8 |
| 1909 | 2,192 | #36 | 6.3 |
| 1908 | 2,080 | #38 | 6.2 |
| 1907 | 1,853 | #45 | 5.8 |
| 1906 | 1,676 | #46 | 5.7 |
| 1905 | 1,533 | #50 | 5.3 |
| 1904 | 1,351 | #53 | 4.9 |
| 1903 | 1,193 | #57 | 4.6 |
| 1902 | 1,087 | #61 | 4.1 |
| 1901 | 894 | #70 | 3.7 |
| 1900 | 1,182 | #67 | 3.9 |
| 1899 | 812 | #71 | 3.5 |
| 1898 | 795 | #80 | 3.1 |
| 1897 | 648 | #82 | 2.8 |
| 1896 | 637 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1895 | 532 | #101 | 2.3 |
| 1894 | 440 | #109 | 2.0 |
| 1893 | 368 | #117 | 1.7 |
| 1892 | 380 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1891 | 252 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1890 | 241 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1889 | 208 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1888 | 179 | #164 | 1.0 |
| 1887 | 149 | #165 | 1.0 |
| 1886 | 139 | #166 | 1.0 |
| 1885 | 100 | #188 | 0.75 |
| 1884 | 94 | #189 | 0.73 |
| 1883 | 66 | #221 | 0.59 |
| 1882 | 85 | #171 | 0.79 |
| 1881 | 48 | #224 | 0.52 |
| 1880 | 40 | #249 | 0.44 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lucille a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lucille has been given almost only to girls: 750 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lucille: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lucille, and how old are they?
55,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 24% of the 233,321 Americans ever recorded as Lucille. The median Lucille alive today is 67 years old; half are between 13 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 58,884 people named Lucille (58,794 women and girls, 90 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 63,885 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13,200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 16,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,870 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,660 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,690 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 14,500 |
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 Lucille born?
The states with the most babies named Lucille are New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with 19% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 16,504 | #384 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 13,504 | #194 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 9,631 | #182 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 9,230 | #149 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 8,763 | #363 | 0.7× |
| California | 7,988 | #412 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 7,819 | #146 | 1.0× |
| Wisconsin | 7,680 | #174 | 1.5× |
| North Carolina | 7,185 | #307 | 1.0× |
| Louisiana | 6,639 | #200 | 1.5× |
Where Lucille is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lucille is most over-represented in New Hampshire: since 1910 it was given 1.6 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 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 Lucille 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, Lucille is the most given (86% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,314 of their 1,384 babies (95%), again the 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 Lucille
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 Lucille and names like it
- Compare Lucille and LucileBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLucille peaked in 1920.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lucille since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Lucille: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Lucille.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lucille alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.