# Lucia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lucia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /luˈsiːə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 59,426 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 91 / 59,335 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,738, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Latinate variant of Lucy, or today borrowed from modern Italian. Name of a Sicilian martyr, Latin Lūcia, feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lūcius.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,329 | 240 |
| 2012 | 1,304 | 248 |
| 2013 | 1,327 | 242 |
| 2014 | 1,436 | 231 |
| 2015 | 1,453 | 226 |
| 2016 | 1,523 | 213 |
| 2017 | 1,662 | 185 |
| 2018 | 1,612 | 183 |
| 2019 | 1,819 | 158 |
| 2020 | 1,753 | 160 |
| 2021 | 2,025 | 136 |
| 2022 | 2,222 | 126 |
| 2023 | 2,442 | 109 |
| 2024 | 2,663 | 98 |
| 2025 | 3,012 | 83 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 5 | 4,572 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,412 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,452 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,851 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,888 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,747 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,336 |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,989 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,410 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,038 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,645 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,740 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,036 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,822 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 276 | 185 |
| 2012 | 274 | 189 |
| 2013 | 312 | 169 |
| 2014 | 276 | 193 |
| 2015 | 303 | 181 |
| 2016 | 264 | 203 |
| 2017 | 247 | 211 |
| 2018 | 254 | 206 |
| 2019 | 243 | 202 |
| 2020 | 249 | 198 |
| 2021 | 224 | 224 |
| 2022 | 257 | 198 |
| 2023 | 262 | 190 |
| 2024 | 279 | 176 |
| 2025 | 284 | 170 |

## People named Lucia

- Lucia Berlin, American writer
- Lucía Puenzo, Argentine writer and film director
- Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, Countess of Tripoli and Princess of Antioch
- Lucía Topolansky, former political prisoner and Uruguayan legislator
- Lucía Yépez, Ecuadorian wrestler (born 2001)
- Lucia Moholy, Czech photographer (1894–1989)
- Lucía Hiriart, Augusto Pinochet's widow (1923–2021)
- Lucia Rijker, Dutch boxer (born 1967)
- Lucia Elizabeth Vestris, British actress, theatre manager and contralto (1797-1856)
- Lucia Fairchild Fuller, American painter (1872-1924)
- Lucia Traversa, fencer
- Lúcia Mendonça Previato, Brazilian biologist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.