Girls' name · since 1880
Lucy
236,969 babies named Lucy in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #24 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 236,969
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lucy currently ranks #24 among girls' names in America, with 236,969 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucy has been recorded 236,969 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #24 nationally and more common than 99.9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. 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.
- #171 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #24 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 236,969 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lucy ranks #171 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #24 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 236,969 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #24 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 236,969
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lucy's 236,969 recorded births place it above 99.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Lucy compares
236,969 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Lucy's all-time total is 630x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lucy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 236,969 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6,176 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lucy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lucy's full recorded timeline at 1953, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 291 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 6,176 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lucy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6,176
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lucy popularity over time - boys
644 total births recorded since 1881 (Lucy as boys' name)
Lucy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (42,024 births, 18% of the file).
2010s was Lucy's strongest decade.
42,024 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Lucy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7,520
1880s
7,520 births
- 1890s 10,323
1890s
10,323 births
- 1900s 11,020
1900s
11,020 births
- 1910s
1910s
23,117 births
- 1920s
1920s
27,434 births
- 1930s 16,413
1930s
16,413 births
- 1940s 13,128
1940s
13,128 births
- 1950s 13,644
1950s
13,644 births
- 1960s 8,671
1960s
8,671 births
- 1970s 3,700
1970s
3,700 births
- 1980s 4,727
1980s
4,727 births
- 1990s 6,090
1990s
6,090 births
- 2000s
2000s
19,399 births
- 2010s
2010s
42,024 births
- 2020s
2020s
29,759 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 42,024 births (18% of all-time use).
How Lucy 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 Lucy's total volume
Lucy by state
Where Lucy concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17,972 | 7.6% |
| #2 | California | | 15,715 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13,639 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 10,256 | 4.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 9,263 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 8,222 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7,145 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 7,088 | 3.0% |
17,972 of 236,969 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Lucy appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lucy's data
- Lucy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (42,024 total births) through the 2020s (29,759) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Lucys (17,972 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
Names with a similar popularity rank to Lucy
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lucy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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 Lucy 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.