Lucius
#1,128 for boys in 2025, 189 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 38 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,108since 1880
Lucius over time
Rank among boys' names. Lucius has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,128 | 189 |
| 2024 | #1,387 | 135 |
| 2023 | #1,253 | 154 |
| 2022 | #1,220 | 161 |
| 2021 | #1,372 | 134 |
| 2020 | #1,222 | 154 |
| 2019 | #1,287 | 144 |
| 2018 | #1,375 | 128 |
| 2017 | #1,408 | 124 |
| 2016 | #1,183 | 160 |
| 2015 | #1,297 | 137 |
| 2014 | #1,389 | 122 |
| 2013 | #1,352 | 125 |
| 2012 | #1,407 | 118 |
| 2011 | #1,331 | 127 |
| 2010 | #1,323 | 129 |
| 2009 | #1,331 | 130 |
| 2008 | #1,348 | 127 |
| 2007 | #1,255 | 140 |
| 2006 | #1,229 | 136 |
| 2005 | #1,372 | 109 |
| 2004 | #1,785 | 70 |
| 2003 | #2,238 | 48 |
| 2002 | #2,092 | 51 |
| 2001 | #2,185 | 47 |
| 2000 | #3,075 | 28 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #2,020 | 30 |
| 1986 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #1,516 | 40 |
| 1982 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | #1,396 | 46 |
| 1980 | #1,391 | 46 |
| 1979 | #1,340 | 48 |
| 1978 | #1,286 | 49 |
| 1977 | #1,607 | 34 |
| 1976 | #1,304 | 46 |
| 1975 | #1,530 | 34 |
| 1974 | #1,520 | 33 |
| 1973 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | #1,348 | 39 |
| 1971 | #1,214 | 46 |
| 1970 | #1,297 | 41 |
| 1969 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | #946 | 59 |
| 1967 | #968 | 56 |
| 1966 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1965 | #1,129 | 44 |
| 1964 | #1,126 | 46 |
| 1963 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1962 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1961 | #990 | 61 |
| 1960 | #996 | 59 |
| 1959 | #926 | 68 |
| 1958 | #969 | 61 |
| 1957 | #861 | 76 |
| 1956 | #880 | 72 |
| 1955 | #898 | 68 |
| 1954 | #952 | 60 |
| 1953 | #779 | 83 |
| 1952 | #805 | 76 |
| 1951 | #702 | 97 |
| 1950 | #784 | 76 |
| 1949 | #738 | 87 |
| 1948 | #705 | 90 |
| 1947 | #764 | 81 |
| 1946 | #785 | 71 |
| 1945 | #709 | 73 |
| 1944 | #810 | 60 |
| 1943 | #615 | 105 |
| 1942 | #821 | 62 |
| 1941 | #694 | 78 |
| 1940 | #729 | 70 |
| 1939 | #642 | 85 |
| 1938 | #613 | 94 |
| 1937 | #661 | 81 |
| 1936 | #767 | 63 |
| 1935 | #716 | 72 |
| 1934 | #751 | 66 |
| 1933 | #664 | 78 |
| 1932 | #579 | 105 |
| 1931 | #733 | 70 |
| 1930 | #678 | 85 |
| 1929 | #689 | 80 |
| 1928 | #621 | 97 |
| 1927 | #567 | 118 |
| 1926 | #567 | 118 |
| 1925 | #628 | 101 |
| 1924 | #585 | 118 |
| 1923 | #616 | 106 |
| 1922 | #546 | 132 |
| 1921 | #540 | 134 |
| 1920 | #521 | 138 |
| 1919 | #499 | 142 |
| 1918 | #515 | 135 |
| 1917 | #557 | 111 |
| 1916 | #462 | 151 |
| 1915 | #509 | 119 |
| 1914 | #472 | 105 |
| 1913 | #456 | 90 |
| 1912 | #404 | 91 |
| 1911 | #481 | 37 |
| 1910 | #370 | 48 |
| 1909 | #357 | 43 |
| 1908 | #403 | 34 |
| 1907 | #341 | 40 |
| 1906 | #346 | 36 |
| 1905 | #329 | 37 |
| 1904 | #368 | 30 |
| 1903 | #393 | 25 |
| 1902 | #326 | 36 |
| 1901 | #325 | 30 |
| 1900 | #343 | 40 |
| 1899 | #346 | 27 |
| 1898 | #364 | 28 |
| 1897 | #299 | 37 |
| 1896 | #367 | 27 |
| 1895 | #347 | 28 |
| 1894 | #322 | 30 |
| 1893 | #323 | 29 |
| 1892 | #319 | 34 |
| 1891 | #377 | 21 |
| 1890 | #316 | 30 |
| 1889 | #348 | 26 |
| 1888 | #308 | 34 |
| 1887 | #333 | 24 |
| 1886 | #311 | 30 |
| 1885 | #266 | 39 |
| 1884 | #314 | 31 |
| 1883 | #331 | 25 |
| 1882 | #265 | 42 |
| 1881 | #257 | 38 |
| 1880 | #273 | 38 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lucius was already there! It came in at #273, and was given to 38 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 21 boys a year got the name.
Where Lucius is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#197 · 1 in 1,479
- South Carolina#204 · 1 in 1,492
- Florida#233 · 1 in 1,728
- Mississippi#274 · 1 in 2,383
- Louisiana#383 · 1 in 3,565
Best ever in a state: #93 in Georgia, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #197 | 20 | 1 in 1,479 |
| South Carolina | #204 | 13 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Florida | #233 | 8 | 1 in 1,728 |
| Mississippi | #274 | 9 | 1 in 2,383 |
| Louisiana | #383 | 6 | 1 in 3,565 |
| North Carolina | #426 | 6 | 1 in 5,952 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Lucius
- 259 spots since 2024 (#1,387 → #1,128)
- 94 spots since 2020 (#1,222 → #1,128)
- 169 spots since 2015 (#1,297 → #1,128)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1943 (#821 → #615)
- Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1969 (#946 → #1,231)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #257 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 114 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1880–1961
- Highest: 1 in 2,651 boys born in 1881 were named Lucius (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,037 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 13.0% of all boys named Lucius (1,314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 327 | #257 (1881) | #301 |
| 1890s | 291 | #299 (1897) | #338 |
| 1900s | 351 | #325 (1901) | #353 |
| 1910s | 1,029 | #370 (1910) | #473 |
| 1920s | 1,142 | #521 (1920) | #588 |
| 1930s | 799 | #579 (1932) | #680 |
| 1940s | 777 | #615 (1943) | #737 |
| 1950s | 737 | #702 (1951) | #856 |
| 1960s | 513 | #946 (1968) | #1,062 |
| 1970s | 413 | #1,214 (1971) | #1,370 |
| 1980s | 354 | #1,391 (1980) | #1,787 |
| 1990s | 248 | #2,170 (1990) | #3,025 |
| 2000s | 886 | #1,229 (2006) | #1,791 |
| 2010s | 1,314 | #1,183 (2016) | #1,335 |
| 2020s | 927 | #1,128 (2025) | #1,264 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lucius in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 11,799 of them was named Lucius, which outranked 84.8% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.