Lucretia
Lucretia was given to 8 girls in 2025, #11,514 among girls’ names; 10,430 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,060 Americans named Lucretia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 49 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lucretia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lucretia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lucretia is “a female given name from Latin. The feminine form of Lucretius.” Its etymology gives the sense “gain, profit” (lucrum).
Originally from Latin lucrum (“gain, profit”). Many people with the given name have no doubt been named after others so named, not necessarily after the 6th-century-BC Roman noblewoman.
/l(j)uːˈkɹiːʃə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lucretia?
#11,514 among girls’ names, 2025
Lucretia entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #11,514 in 2025.
190 babies in 1974, the peak
Lucretia peaked in 1974, when 190 girls were given it, #747 among girls’ names. The 8 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,514 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,273 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,204 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,805 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,928 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 6 | #15,983 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,980 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 6 | #16,425 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,654 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,250 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | #18,891 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,288 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,984 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,605 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,884 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,836 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,502 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 21 | #5,053 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,751 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,973 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,166 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,272 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,911 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,440 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 65 | #2,079 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,961 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 68 | #1,914 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,760 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,783 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,580 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,626 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,649 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 85 | #1,397 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 117 | #1,174 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 114 | #1,168 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 104 | #1,256 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 110 | #1,194 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 125 | #1,064 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 142 | #975 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 144 | #912 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 145 | #904 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 190 | #747 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 173 | #777 | 0.12 |
| 1972 | 173 | #794 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 189 | #770 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 177 | #792 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 136 | #909 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 133 | #895 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 114 | #955 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 161 | #775 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 150 | #813 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 172 | #794 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 161 | #822 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 168 | #808 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 178 | #787 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 179 | #763 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 133 | #905 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 121 | #938 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 129 | #898 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 143 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 141 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 143 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 136 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1952 | 110 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 121 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 134 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 113 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 125 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 118 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 126 | #720 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 96 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1944 | 119 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1943 | 128 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 152 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 165 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 146 | #579 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 108 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1938 | 88 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 88 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 92 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 81 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1934 | 66 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 71 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 104 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 75 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 68 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 72 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 87 | #771 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 105 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 107 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 79 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 92 | #780 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 75 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 87 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 97 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 101 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 76 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 92 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 78 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 89 | #724 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 92 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 61 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 49 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 51 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 40 | #692 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 29 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 37 | #656 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 35 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 30 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 30 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 36 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 33 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1903 | 32 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 28 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 30 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 28 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 29 | #575 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 26 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 30 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 31 | #543 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 29 | #557 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 31 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 27 | #542 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 32 | #485 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 35 | #426 | 0.19 |
| 1890 | 32 | #463 | 0.17 |
| 1889 | 30 | #447 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 35 | #424 | 0.20 |
| 1887 | 27 | #430 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 32 | #382 | 0.22 |
| 1885 | 34 | #346 | 0.26 |
| 1884 | 26 | #394 | 0.20 |
| 1883 | 35 | #297 | 0.31 |
| 1882 | 65 | #207 | 0.60 |
| 1881 | 52 | #211 | 0.57 |
| 1880 | 29 | #292 | 0.32 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lucretia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lucretia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 136 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lucretia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lucretia, and how old are they?
6,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 10,430 Americans ever recorded as Lucretia. The median Lucretia alive today is 59 years old; half are between 49 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 6,177 people named Lucretia (6,169 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,666 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 598 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,080 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,190 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 146 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 26 |
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 Lucretia born?
The states with the most babies named Lucretia are New York, Texas and Pennsylvania, with 32% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 646 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 548 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 443 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 427 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 354 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Ohio | 330 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 303 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 291 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Alabama | 269 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| South Carolina | 196 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Lucretia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lucretia is most over-represented in Florida: since 1910 it was given 1.5 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 Lucretia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lucretia
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 Lucretia and names like it
- Compare Lucretia and FrederickaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sLucretia peaked in 1974.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lucretia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Lucretia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1974The year the most babies were named Lucretia.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Lucretia alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.