Popularity of the name Lucy, 1880–2025
Lucy was at its most popular in 1881, when 611 girls were given the name: about 1 in 150 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #44. In 2025, 6,176 girls were named Lucy, ranking #24. In all, Social Security counts 236,969 girls named Lucy since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 644 boys named Lucy. Its peak falls in the earliest years of the records, and counts from before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.
- Peak year
- 1881
- Rank in 1881
- #44
- Babies in 1881
- 611
- Rank in 2025
- #24
- Total since 1880
- 236,969
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name climbed from #55 in 2015 to #24 in 2025: 4,558 girls got it in 2015, and 6,176 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade is the 2020s so far, when 29,759 girls were named Lucy, #39 for the decade. It started at #49 in the 1880s.
Every 20 years in the records: 590 in 1880 (#44), 1,246 in 1900 (#61), 3,018 in 1920 (#94), 1,382 in 1940 (#154), 1,130 in 1960 (#267), 439 in 1980 (#480), 980 in 2000 (#324) and 4,369 in 2020 (#50).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,176, in 2025. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more girls for 2025 than for 1881, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank in any year was #24, first reached in 2025.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Lucy, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 590 | #44 |
| 1881 | 611 | #44 |
| 1882 | 673 | #46 |
| 1883 | 663 | #48 |
| 1884 | 787 | #47 |
| 1885 | 711 | #52 |
| 1886 | 817 | #50 |
| 1887 | 811 | #51 |
| 1888 | 964 | #51 |
| 1889 | 893 | #54 |
| 1890 | 973 | #53 |
| 1891 | 944 | #53 |
| 1892 | 1,057 | #55 |
| 1893 | 1,036 | #56 |
| 1894 | 1,077 | #57 |
| 1895 | 1,016 | #61 |
| 1896 | 1,074 | #59 |
| 1897 | 984 | #61 |
| 1898 | 1,144 | #59 |
| 1899 | 1,018 | #60 |
| 1900 | 1,246 | #61 |
| 1901 | 979 | #61 |
| 1902 | 1,065 | #65 |
| 1903 | 990 | #68 |
| 1904 | 1,086 | #66 |
| 1905 | 1,132 | #66 |
| 1906 | 1,077 | #69 |
| 1907 | 1,152 | #68 |
| 1908 | 1,118 | #73 |
| 1909 | 1,175 | #71 |
| 1910 | 1,283 | #75 |
| 1911 | 1,309 | #77 |
| 1912 | 1,636 | #78 |
| 1913 | 1,856 | #76 |
| 1914 | 2,298 | #73 |
| 1915 | 2,814 | #79 |
| 1916 | 2,877 | #84 |
| 1917 | 2,929 | #87 |
| 1918 | 3,108 | #90 |
| 1919 | 3,007 | #91 |
| 1920 | 3,018 | #94 |
| 1921 | 3,157 | #93 |
| 1922 | 2,977 | #93 |
| 1923 | 3,002 | #92 |
| 1924 | 2,978 | #98 |
| 1925 | 2,766 | #102 |
| 1926 | 2,545 | #106 |
| 1927 | 2,542 | #112 |
| 1928 | 2,322 | #112 |
| 1929 | 2,127 | #115 |
| 1930 | 2,121 | #119 |
| 1931 | 1,827 | #126 |
| 1932 | 1,829 | #128 |
| 1933 | 1,747 | #129 |
| 1934 | 1,647 | #134 |
| 1935 | 1,510 | #141 |
| 1936 | 1,446 | #147 |
| 1937 | 1,449 | #151 |
| 1938 | 1,428 | #154 |
| 1939 | 1,409 | #154 |
| 1940 | 1,382 | #154 |
| 1941 | 1,444 | #156 |
| 1942 | 1,335 | #173 |
| 1943 | 1,317 | #176 |
| 1944 | 1,207 | #179 |
| 1945 | 1,146 | #178 |
| 1946 | 1,236 | #194 |
| 1947 | 1,322 | #202 |
| 1948 | 1,342 | #202 |
| 1949 | 1,397 | #195 |
| 1950 | 1,289 | #207 |
| 1951 | 1,269 | #216 |
| 1952 | 1,415 | #203 |
| 1953 | 1,565 | #200 |
| 1954 | 1,531 | #201 |
| 1955 | 1,404 | #215 |
| 1956 | 1,362 | #222 |
| 1957 | 1,351 | #228 |
| 1958 | 1,252 | #241 |
| 1959 | 1,206 | #253 |
| 1960 | 1,130 | #267 |
| 1961 | 1,086 | #279 |
| 1962 | 1,008 | #288 |
| 1963 | 936 | #302 |
| 1964 | 949 | #299 |
| 1965 | 870 | #307 |
| 1966 | 754 | #323 |
| 1967 | 687 | #336 |
| 1968 | 671 | #336 |
| 1969 | 580 | #391 |
| 1970 | 504 | #438 |
| 1971 | 426 | #469 |
| 1972 | 415 | #450 |
| 1973 | 348 | #500 |
| 1974 | 383 | #472 |
| 1975 | 326 | #530 |
| 1976 | 346 | #514 |
| 1977 | 311 | #564 |
| 1978 | 291 | #587 |
| 1979 | 350 | #536 |
| 1980 | 439 | #480 |
| 1981 | 434 | #485 |
| 1982 | 466 | #458 |
| 1983 | 409 | #483 |
| 1984 | 426 | #479 |
| 1985 | 487 | #449 |
| 1986 | 501 | #429 |
| 1987 | 506 | #439 |
| 1988 | 515 | #440 |
| 1989 | 544 | #447 |
| 1990 | 551 | #449 |
| 1991 | 520 | #471 |
| 1992 | 521 | #474 |
| 1993 | 524 | #480 |
| 1994 | 536 | #472 |
| 1995 | 576 | #445 |
| 1996 | 647 | #405 |
| 1997 | 700 | #378 |
| 1998 | 700 | #392 |
| 1999 | 815 | #364 |
| 2000 | 980 | #324 |
| 2001 | 1,041 | #306 |
| 2002 | 1,211 | #259 |
| 2003 | 1,475 | #220 |
| 2004 | 1,643 | #203 |
| 2005 | 1,965 | #172 |
| 2006 | 2,259 | #153 |
| 2007 | 2,570 | #135 |
| 2008 | 3,075 | #112 |
| 2009 | 3,180 | #101 |
| 2010 | 3,634 | #75 |
| 2011 | 3,704 | #73 |
| 2012 | 3,818 | #66 |
| 2013 | 3,948 | #66 |
| 2014 | 4,299 | #61 |
| 2015 | 4,558 | #55 |
| 2016 | 4,604 | #55 |
| 2017 | 4,604 | #52 |
| 2018 | 4,378 | #51 |
| 2019 | 4,477 | #48 |
| 2020 | 4,369 | #50 |
| 2021 | 4,457 | #48 |
| 2022 | 4,448 | #48 |
| 2023 | 4,884 | #40 |
| 2024 | 5,425 | #34 |
| 2025 | 6,176 | #24 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.