Lucille

#237 for girls in 2025, 1,314 births · Last seen for boys in 1953 at #3,798
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1919 · 7,856 births
Debut · girls
40 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
232,571
since 1880

Lucille over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #27, 1919girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2371,314—
2024#2741,156—
2023#2851,107—
2022#2781,135—
2021#2761,142—
2020#2741,139—
2019#2961,127—
2018#2951,125—
2017#2651,205—
2016#2801,134—
2015#2861,120—
2014#343970—
2013#359878—
2012#391790—
2011#454667—
2010#476634—
2009#568539—
2008#609503—
2007#766380—
2006#728386—
2005#800323—
2004#865284—
2003#933252—
2002#1,068199—
2001#1,102192—
2000#1,266154—
1999#1,187163—
1998#1,272142—
1997#1,312132—
1996#1,393119—
1995#1,419115—
1994#1,293131—
1993#1,426113—
1992#1,68889—
1991#1,55599—
1990#1,410112—
1989#1,354113—
1988#1,43996—
1987#1,39896—
1986#1,34697—
1985#1,37394—
1984#1,27299—
1983#1,106123—
1982#1,221109—
1981#1,277100—
1980#1,097126—
1979#1,232105—
1978#1,34788—
1977#1,075121—
1976#946135—
1975#1,111105—
1974#946131—
1973#980121—
1972#832158—
1971#738203—
1970#675235—
1969#617259—
1968#581272—
1967#544300—
1966#495358—
1965#468416—
1964#449476—
1963#435498—
1962#423527—
1961#381635—
1960#370677—
1959#336792—
1958#328818—
1957#296945—
1956#2611,048—
1955#2431,140—
1954#2201,330—
1953#2031,496#3,7985
1952#2001,451#3,7345
1951#1941,478—
1950#1801,550#2,43810
1949#1631,755#3,6905
1948#1541,853—
1947#1471,998—
1946#1371,957#3,1736
1945#1291,885#3,3385
1944#1321,983#3,1096
1943#1252,248#2,40510
1942#1182,300#2,38610
1941#1192,203#1,48521
1940#1132,271#2,32210
1939#1102,313#1,71216
1938#1062,480#1,97613
1937#982,636#2,08812
1936#922,632#2,18411
1935#852,887#1,53820
1934#842,947#1,46122
1933#783,117#1,77016
1932#633,650#1,25429
1931#623,854#1,30228
1930#594,327#1,64420
1929#574,502#1,84817
1928#515,094#1,64721
1927#455,634#1,56124
1926#435,760#1,27832
1925#416,397#1,62822
1924#376,744#1,96417
1923#356,914#1,38528
1922#337,151#1,76520
1921#317,698#1,64822
1920#297,989#1,96617
1919#277,856#1,53123
1918#297,902#1,64821
1917#297,529#1,32227
1916#307,241#1,54921
1915#297,006#1,45422
1914#305,320#1,30021
1913#314,098#1,36515
1912#323,763#1,52711
1911#322,740#92513
1910#312,692#98111
1909#362,192#75614
1908#382,080#9469
1907#451,853#1,0947
1906#461,676#79810
1905#501,533#1,2335
1904#531,351#1,0646
1903#571,193—
1902#611,087—
1901#70894#9436
1900#671,182#9688
1899#71812—
1898#80795—
1897#82648—
1896#86637—
1895#101532—
1894#109440—
1893#117368—
1892#120380—
1891#141252—
1890#147241—
1889#152208—
1888#163179—
1887#164149—
1886#166139—
1885#188100—
1884#18794—
1883#21966—
1882#17185—
1881#22248—
1880#24740—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lucille was already there! It came in at #247, and was given to 40 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 49 girls a year got the name.

Where Lucille is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lucille
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#274 → #237)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#274 → #237)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#286 → #237)
  • Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1976 (#1,111 → #946)
  • Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1975 (#946 → #1,111)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1919 at #27 (7,856 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1896–1937
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 140
  • Highest: 1 in 140 girls born in 1915 were named Lucille (0.71%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,223 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
  • Its best rank, #27 in 1919, was only 1 in 144 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 27.5% of all girls named Lucille (63,883) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #27 (1919) → #1,688 (1992) → #237 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,108#152 (1889)#188
1890s5,105#71 (1899)#105
1900s15,041#36 (1909)#52
1910s56,147#27 (1919)#30
1920s63,883#29 (1920)#40
1930s30,843#59 (1930)#84
1940s20,453#113 (1940)#134
1950s12,048#180 (1950)#246
1960s4,418#370 (1960)#476
1970s1,402#675 (1970)#988
1980s1,053#1,097 (1980)#1,288
1990s1,215#1,187 (1999)#1,396
2000s3,212#568 (2009)#871
2010s9,650#265 (2017)#345
2020s6,993#237 (2025)#271

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lucille in 1900

girls
#67
1,182 births · 1 in 254 girls
boys
#968
8 births · 1 in 18,809 boys

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #67Lucille1,182

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #968Lucille8
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 254 of them was named Lucille, which outranked 97.0% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucille
  1. #64Jennie1,204
  2. #65Katherine1,201
  3. #66Marion1,197
  4. #67Lucille1,182
  5. #68Stella1,177
  6. #69Rosa1,118
  7. #70Evelyn1,116
Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 18,809 of them was named Lucille, which outranked 35.7% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucille
  1. #902Wellington9
  2. #902Wilfrid9
  3. #902Zollie9
  4. #968Lucille8
  5. #968Ace8
  6. #968Adolf8
  7. #968Agnes8
  8. #1,050Adelbert7
  9. #1,050Ananias7
  10. #1,050Arlington7

Tied with 81 names at #968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900 →