Lucius — #1382 US boys' name
9,918 babies named Lucius in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
13% of everyone ever named Lucius was born in this single decade.
161 babies were named Lucius in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lucius
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,918 babies named Lucius between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lucius currently holds the #1382 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 161 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lucius performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lucius shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 995 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Lucius in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lucius in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,918 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lucius at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lucius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2022)
- 161
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1382 among boys.
9,918 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 161 births in a single year.
Lucius by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,314 births that decade — 13% of Lucius's all-time total
Lucius decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,314 births
- Runner-up 1,142 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lucius's strongest decade
1,314 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 13% of all-time use.
Lucius by state
Where Lucius concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 995 | 10.0% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 634 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 352 | 3.5% |
| #4 | California | | 329 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 315 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 280 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 255 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 245 | 2.5% |
995 of 9,918 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 10.0% of nationwide
- South Carolina 6.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
- California 3.3% of nationwide
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Lucius appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.