Girls' name · since 1880
Lucretia
Lucretia has 10,430 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,614 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,919 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,430
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
10,430 babies have been named Lucretia since 1880, making it today's #10919 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucretia has been recorded 10,430 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #10919 nationally and more common than 37% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,614 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,919 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,430 born since 1880
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucretia ranks #1,614 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,919 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,430 born since 1880, peaking in the 1970s.
- #1,614 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,919 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,430
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lucretia's 10,430 recorded births place it above 97.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Lucretia compares
10,430 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Lucretia's all-time total is 28x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lucretia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,430 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 190 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lucretia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lucretia's full recorded timeline at 1948, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 190 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lucretia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 190
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lucretia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,568 births, 15% of the file).
1970s was Lucretia's strongest decade.
1,568 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Lucretia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 365
1880s
365 births
- 1890s 302
1890s
302 births
- 1900s 319
1900s
319 births
- 1910s
1910s
657 births
- 1920s
1920s
902 births
- 1930s
1930s
841 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,288 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,311 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,552 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,568 births
- 1980s
1980s
842 births
- 1990s 365
1990s
365 births
- 2000s 70
2000s
70 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,568 births (15% of all-time use).
How Lucretia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lucretia's total volume
Lucretia by state
Where Lucretia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 646 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 548 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 443 | 4.2% |
| #4 | California | | 427 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 354 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 330 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 303 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 291 | 2.8% |
646 of 10,430 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Lucretia appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lucretia's data
- Lucretia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,568 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lucretias (646 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lucretia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
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 Lucretia 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.