Lucius

Where Lucius comes from

From Latin Lūcius, a common Roman praenomen.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lucius
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 200
    Lucius I born
    Pope and bishop of Rome from 253 to 254
  2. 1110
    Lucius III born
    pope of the Catholic Church from 1181 to 1185
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #273 among boys — 38 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1881
    Peak, #257
    38 babies named Lucius — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,280.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Lucius I · Pope and bishop of Rome from 253 to 254, 200–254
  • Lucius III · pope of the Catholic Church from 1181 to 1185, 1110–1185
  • Lucius II · pope of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145, 1050–1145
  • Lucius D. Clay · United States general, 1897–1978
  • Lucius Shepard · American writer, 1947–2014

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.