Lucky

Where Lucky comes from

Lucky hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,269 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1924
    Lucky Thompson born
    American jazz saxophonist
  3. 1945
    Peak, #927
    48 babies named Lucky — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,916.
  5. 1964
    Lucky Dube born
    South African reggae musician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Lucky Dube · South African reggae musician, 1964–2007
  • Lucky Thompson · American jazz saxophonist, 1924–2005
  • Lucky McKee · American writer and director, born 1975
  • Lucky Peterson · American musician, 1964–2020
  • Lucky Vatnani · Indian snooker player, born 1985

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.