Boys' name · since 1880
Lucious
4,831 babies named Lucious in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,144 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,831
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lucious currently ranks #4144 among boys' names in America, with 4,831 babies recorded since 1880.
Lucious has 4,831 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4144 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of boys, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,818 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,144 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,831 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucious ranks #1,818 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,144 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,831 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,818 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,144 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,831
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lucious's 4,831 recorded births place it above 96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Lucious compares
4,831 Top 13% higher than 87% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Lucious's all-time total is 13x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lucious | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,831 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 76 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lucious's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lucious's SSA record in two at 1952 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1926 peak of 76, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lucious popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1926)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lucious popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1915 (Lucious as girls' name)
Lucious by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (643 births, 13% of the file).
1920s was Lucious's strongest decade.
643 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 13% of all-time use.
Lucious births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 142
1880s
142 births
- 1890s 139
1890s
139 births
- 1900s 186
1900s
186 births
- 1910s
1910s
517 births
- 1920s
1920s
643 births
- 1930s
1930s
528 births
- 1940s
1940s
550 births
- 1950s
1950s
589 births
- 1960s
1960s
299 births
- 1970s 250
1970s
250 births
- 1980s 193
1980s
193 births
- 1990s 121
1990s
121 births
- 2000s 195
2000s
195 births
- 2010s
2010s
312 births
- 2020s 167
2020s
167 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 643 births (13% of all-time use).
How Lucious compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Lucious's total volume
Lucious by state
Where Lucious concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 847 | 17.5% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 341 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 257 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 216 | 4.5% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 205 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Texas | | 134 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 33 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 29 | 0.6% |
847 of 4,831 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Lucious appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lucious's data
- Lucious's decade-level peak was the 1920s (643 total births); usage has since declined to 167 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Luciouss (847 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Lucious: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
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 Lucious 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.