# Lucretia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lucretia/  
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 | “gain”, “profit” |
| Pronunciation | /l(j)uːˈkɹiːʃə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,430 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,430 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Originally from Latin lucrum (“gain, profit”). Many people with the given name have no doubt been named after others so named, not necessarily after the 6th-century-BC Roman noblewoman.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | 12,891 |
| 2002 | 12 | 8,611 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,991 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,294 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,897 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,255 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,660 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,431 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,986 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,991 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,935 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,810 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,278 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,518 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Lucretia

- Lucretia Mott, American quaker missionary
- Lucretia Garfield, First Lady of the United States from 1881 to 1881
- Lucretia Maria Davidson, American poet
- Caroline Herschel, German-British astronomer (1750-1848)

## 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.