How Many People Are Named Lucien?

6,025

people named Lucien are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 56,727 people in the US has this name

Based on 9,998 babies named Lucien in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,316

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,266

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

265 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: French
Pronunciation: LUY-SYEN
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

French form of LUCIANUS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

LoukianosLucianusLukenLucijanLucianLucianoŁucjanLucjanLucianaLucienneLucynaLoukiosLuciaLuciliaLucilius

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.1%
Male
99.9%

Almost all of the babies given the name Lucien (99.9%) were boys.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Lucien alive today is about 26 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 41 in 2025.

Under 30 4,156
69%
30 to 59 918
15.2%
60 and over 951
15.8%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Lucien first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 265 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Lucien has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #397, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #899.

Boys
Rank in 2025#899
Best rank#397 (1880)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,133 in the 2010s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Lucien alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lucien were born in New York than in any other state: about 597 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lucien was given 22 times as often in Maine, 19 times in New Hampshire and 15.2 times in Rhode Island.

New York 597
California 592
Texas 285
Louisiana 211
Florida 207
Massachusetts 203
Washington 90
Maine 90
Illinois 86
Oregon 69
Pennsylvania 67
Virginia 64
North Carolina 60
New Jersey 53
Rhode Island 53
Connecticut 53
Ohio 52
New Hampshire 41
Tennessee 39
Michigan 31
Colorado 29
Indiana 27
Missouri 20
Maryland 19
Arizona 15
Minnesota 10
Georgia 7
Oklahoma 6
Arkansas 6
Utah 5
South Carolina 5
Alabama 5
Kansas 5
Iowa 5
Hawaii 5
Wisconsin 5
Kentucky 1

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