Girls' name · since 1947
Lucresia
Lucresia has 56 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1947
- 1980s
- peak decade
56 girls have been named Lucresia since 1947, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucresia has been recorded 56 times among girls since 1947, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1988.
- #33,718 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1947
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucresia ranks #33,718 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1947, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1947
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lucresia's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lucresia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lucresia's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lucresia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1988
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Lucresia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (27 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Lucresia's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Lucresia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 27 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lucresia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1947–1988 (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 Lucresia 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.