# Lucien (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lucien/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,998 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,993 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 789, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 18,895 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 164 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 161 | 1,140 |
| 2013 | 173 | 1,081 |
| 2014 | 150 | 1,221 |
| 2015 | 162 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | 176 | 1,113 |
| 2017 | 167 | 1,138 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,186 |
| 2019 | 167 | 1,166 |
| 2020 | 182 | 1,091 |
| 2021 | 179 | 1,138 |
| 2022 | 202 | 1,083 |
| 2023 | 250 | 925 |
| 2024 | 258 | 907 |
| 2025 | 265 | 899 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 976 |
| 2012 | 51 | 666 |
| 2013 | 39 | 788 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 40 | 801 |
| 2017 | 36 | 861 |
| 2018 | 41 | 786 |
| 2019 | 34 | 874 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 34 | 910 |
| 2024 | 31 | 981 |
| 2025 | 39 | 822 |

## People named Lucien

- Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French noble, biologist, politician and art collector (1803–1857)
- Lucien Febvre, French historian (1878-1956)
- Lucien Bonaparte, 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano (1775–1840)
- Lucien Laurent, French footballer (1907-2005)
- Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, French philosopher (1857-1939)
- Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist
- Lucien Van Impe, cyclist
- Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (1934-1969)
- Lucien Gaudin, French fencer (1886-1934)
- Lucien Muller, French footballer (1934–2026)
- Lucien Aimar, French racing cyclist
- Lucien Quélet, French mycologist and naturalist (1832–1899)

## 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.