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
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 7,856 births
- Debut · girls
- 40 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 42 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 232,571since 1880
Lucille over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #237 | 1,314 | — | |
| 2024 | #274 | 1,156 | — | |
| 2023 | #285 | 1,107 | — | |
| 2022 | #278 | 1,135 | — | |
| 2021 | #276 | 1,142 | — | |
| 2020 | #274 | 1,139 | — | |
| 2019 | #296 | 1,127 | — | |
| 2018 | #295 | 1,125 | — | |
| 2017 | #265 | 1,205 | — | |
| 2016 | #280 | 1,134 | — | |
| 2015 | #286 | 1,120 | — | |
| 2014 | #343 | 970 | — | |
| 2013 | #359 | 878 | — | |
| 2012 | #391 | 790 | — | |
| 2011 | #454 | 667 | — | |
| 2010 | #476 | 634 | — | |
| 2009 | #568 | 539 | — | |
| 2008 | #609 | 503 | — | |
| 2007 | #766 | 380 | — | |
| 2006 | #728 | 386 | — | |
| 2005 | #800 | 323 | — | |
| 2004 | #865 | 284 | — | |
| 2003 | #933 | 252 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,068 | 199 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,102 | 192 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,266 | 154 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,187 | 163 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,272 | 142 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,312 | 132 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,393 | 119 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,419 | 115 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,293 | 131 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,426 | 113 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,555 | 99 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,410 | 112 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,354 | 113 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,439 | 96 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,398 | 96 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,346 | 97 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,373 | 94 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,272 | 99 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,106 | 123 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,221 | 109 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,277 | 100 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,097 | 126 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,232 | 105 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,347 | 88 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,075 | 121 | — | |
| 1976 | #946 | 135 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,111 | 105 | — | |
| 1974 | #946 | 131 | — | |
| 1973 | #980 | 121 | — | |
| 1972 | #832 | 158 | — | |
| 1971 | #738 | 203 | — | |
| 1970 | #675 | 235 | — | |
| 1969 | #617 | 259 | — | |
| 1968 | #581 | 272 | — | |
| 1967 | #544 | 300 | — | |
| 1966 | #495 | 358 | — | |
| 1965 | #468 | 416 | — | |
| 1964 | #449 | 476 | — | |
| 1963 | #435 | 498 | — | |
| 1962 | #423 | 527 | — | |
| 1961 | #381 | 635 | — | |
| 1960 | #370 | 677 | — | |
| 1959 | #336 | 792 | — | |
| 1958 | #328 | 818 | — | |
| 1957 | #296 | 945 | — | |
| 1956 | #261 | 1,048 | — | |
| 1955 | #243 | 1,140 | — | |
| 1954 | #220 | 1,330 | — | |
| 1953 | #203 | 1,496 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #200 | 1,451 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #194 | 1,478 | — | |
| 1950 | #180 | 1,550 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #163 | 1,755 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #154 | 1,853 | — | |
| 1947 | #147 | 1,998 | — | |
| 1946 | #137 | 1,957 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #129 | 1,885 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #132 | 1,983 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #125 | 2,248 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #118 | 2,300 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #119 | 2,203 | #1,485 | 21 |
| 1940 | #113 | 2,271 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #110 | 2,313 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #106 | 2,480 | #1,976 | 13 |
| 1937 | #98 | 2,636 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #92 | 2,632 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #85 | 2,887 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #84 | 2,947 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | #78 | 3,117 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #63 | 3,650 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #62 | 3,854 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #59 | 4,327 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #57 | 4,502 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #51 | 5,094 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #45 | 5,634 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #43 | 5,760 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1925 | #41 | 6,397 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #37 | 6,744 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #35 | 6,914 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #33 | 7,151 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #31 | 7,698 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | #29 | 7,989 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #27 | 7,856 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #29 | 7,902 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #29 | 7,529 | #1,322 | 27 |
| 1916 | #30 | 7,241 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #29 | 7,006 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #30 | 5,320 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #31 | 4,098 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #32 | 3,763 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #32 | 2,740 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #31 | 2,692 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #36 | 2,192 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #38 | 2,080 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #45 | 1,853 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #46 | 1,676 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #50 | 1,533 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #53 | 1,351 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #57 | 1,193 | — | |
| 1902 | #61 | 1,087 | — | |
| 1901 | #70 | 894 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #67 | 1,182 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #71 | 812 | — | |
| 1898 | #80 | 795 | — | |
| 1897 | #82 | 648 | — | |
| 1896 | #86 | 637 | — | |
| 1895 | #101 | 532 | — | |
| 1894 | #109 | 440 | — | |
| 1893 | #117 | 368 | — | |
| 1892 | #120 | 380 | — | |
| 1891 | #141 | 252 | — | |
| 1890 | #147 | 241 | — | |
| 1889 | #152 | 208 | — | |
| 1888 | #163 | 179 | — | |
| 1887 | #164 | 149 | — | |
| 1886 | #166 | 139 | — | |
| 1885 | #188 | 100 | — | |
| 1884 | #187 | 94 | — | |
| 1883 | #219 | 66 | — | |
| 1882 | #171 | 85 | — | |
| 1881 | #222 | 48 | — | |
| 1880 | #247 | 40 | — | |
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 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#11 · 1 in 64
- New Hampshire#12 · 1 in 56
- Nebraska#15 · 1 in 90
- Louisiana#15 · 1 in 96
- Minnesota#16 · 1 in 80
Best ever in a state: #6 in Louisiana, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #11 | 407 | 1 in 64 |
| New Hampshire | #12 | 64 | 1 in 56 |
| Louisiana | #15 | 243 | 1 in 96 |
| Nebraska | #15 | 145 | 1 in 90 |
| Minnesota | #16 | 297 | 1 in 80 |
| South Dakota | #18 | 79 | 1 in 86 |
| Iowa | #19 | 222 | 1 in 103 |
| Wyoming | #19 | 20 | 1 in 92 |
| Virginia | #20 | 302 | 1 in 98 |
| Kentucky | #22 | 265 | 1 in 119 |
| Arkansas | #23 | 164 | 1 in 128 |
| Kansas | #23 | 137 | 1 in 128 |
| Missouri | #24 | 256 | 1 in 126 |
| Oklahoma | #24 | 211 | 1 in 125 |
| Vermont | #24 | 31 | 1 in 91 |
| Colorado | #25 | 79 | 1 in 118 |
| West Virginia | #25 | 160 | 1 in 127 |
| North Carolina | #26 | 287 | 1 in 136 |
| Oregon | #26 | 51 | 1 in 121 |
| Illinois | #27 | 522 | 1 in 117 |
| California | #28 | 200 | 1 in 152 |
| North Dakota | #28 | 64 | 1 in 114 |
| Indiana | #30 | 181 | 1 in 153 |
| Mississippi | #30 | 162 | 1 in 133 |
| South Carolina | #30 | 180 | 1 in 135 |
| Idaho | #31 | 36 | 1 in 126 |
| Texas | #31 | 315 | 1 in 187 |
| Florida | #32 | 81 | 1 in 140 |
| Michigan | #33 | 275 | 1 in 143 |
| Tennessee | #33 | 169 | 1 in 168 |
| Utah | #33 | 37 | 1 in 138 |
| Montana | #34 | 38 | 1 in 131 |
| Alabama | #36 | 184 | 1 in 167 |
| Maine | #37 | 45 | 1 in 150 |
| Ohio | #37 | 356 | 1 in 160 |
| Washington | #37 | 75 | 1 in 141 |
| District of Columbia | #47 | 18 | 1 in 185 |
| Georgia | #48 | 191 | 1 in 191 |
| Rhode Island | #50 | 28 | 1 in 205 |
| Arizona | #56 | 18 | 1 in 196 |
| Maryland | #56 | 65 | 1 in 233 |
| New York | #57 | 397 | 1 in 254 |
| Connecticut | #59 | 58 | 1 in 238 |
| Massachusetts | #60 | 144 | 1 in 257 |
| New Jersey | #61 | 125 | 1 in 254 |
| New Mexico | #61 | 18 | 1 in 238 |
| Pennsylvania | #80 | 280 | 1 in 359 |
| Hawaii | #89 | 10 | 1 in 301 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lucille
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1919 at #27 (7,856 births)
- Births halved by 1931, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1896–1937
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1974
- 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
- 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,108 | #152 (1889) | #188 |
| 1890s | 5,105 | #71 (1899) | #105 |
| 1900s | 15,041 | #36 (1909) | #52 |
| 1910s | 56,147 | #27 (1919) | #30 |
| 1920s | 63,883 | #29 (1920) | #40 |
| 1930s | 30,843 | #59 (1930) | #84 |
| 1940s | 20,453 | #113 (1940) | #134 |
| 1950s | 12,048 | #180 (1950) | #246 |
| 1960s | 4,418 | #370 (1960) | #476 |
| 1970s | 1,402 | #675 (1970) | #988 |
| 1980s | 1,053 | #1,097 (1980) | #1,288 |
| 1990s | 1,215 | #1,187 (1999) | #1,396 |
| 2000s | 3,212 | #568 (2009) | #871 |
| 2010s | 9,650 | #265 (2017) | #345 |
| 2020s | 6,993 | #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 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 160 of them was named Lucille, which outranked 99.5% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 50,066 of them was named Lucille, which outranked 66.9% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,588Wally23
- #1,588Young23
- #1,588Ysidro23
- #1,648Lucille22
- #1,648Ace22
- #1,648Allyn22
- #1,648Ashton22
- #1,703Adron21
- #1,703Aloys21
- #1,703Alpheus21
Tied with 54 names at #1,648; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.