How Many People Are Named Lucy?
people named Lucy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,525 people in the US has this name
Based on 237,613 babies named Lucy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,184 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of LUCIA, in use since the Middle Ages.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lucy (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lucy alive today is about 27 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lucy first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 6,184 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lucy never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #25, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 in 61 years between 1880 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #25.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #25 |
| Best rank | #25 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 61 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #54 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lucy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lucy were born in California than in any other state: about 13,079 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lucy was given 2.9 times as often in New Mexico, 2.7 times in Alaska and 2.1 times in Utah.
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