# Lucinda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lucinda/  
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 | /luˈsɪndə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Cindy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 38,412 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 38,401 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,393, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from Lucia with the suffix -inda, first used by Cervantes in Don Quixote (1605).

## 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 | 165 | 1,387 |
| 2012 | 187 | 1,280 |
| 2013 | 165 | 1,397 |
| 2014 | 144 | 1,522 |
| 2015 | 143 | 1,549 |
| 2016 | 192 | 1,268 |
| 2017 | 154 | 1,463 |
| 2018 | 132 | 1,620 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,638 |
| 2020 | 132 | 1,588 |
| 2021 | 126 | 1,661 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,880 |
| 2023 | 107 | 1,872 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,691 |
| 2025 | 116 | 1,750 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 5 | 4,326 |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,777 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 915 |
| 2012 | 33 | 1,058 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,315 |

## People named Lucinda

- Lucinda Williams, American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
- Lucinda Williams, American athletics competitor (born 1937)
- Lucinda Brand, Dutch cyclist
- Lucinda Jenney, American actress
- Lucinda Green, British equestrian
- Lucinda Fredericks, Australian equestrian
- Lucinda Whitty, Australian sailor
- Lucinda Childs, American choreographer and dancer (born 1940)
- Lucinda Dickey, American actress and dancer
- Elisa Lucinda, Brazilian actress, poet, writer and singer
- Lucinda Dryzek, British actress
- Lucinda A. McDade, American botanist and curator (1953— )

## 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.