Lucy Girl
How popular is Lucy?
#24 girl name in 2025
6,176 baby girls were named Lucy in the US in 2025, making it the 24th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
Lucy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #24 for girls (▲ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,176 girls, 8 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #55 in 2015, #50 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (6,176 girls) |
| Highest rank | #24 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lucy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lucy family of names ranked #33 for girls in 2025 (#44 the year before), with 6,450 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lucy is most popular
Babies named Lucy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 13.6 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Utah: 9.5 per 1,000 (791 girls)
- Wyoming: 9.4 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Alaska: 9.3 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- New Hampshire: 9.0 per 1,000 (166 girls)
Lucy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,520 | #44 |
| 1890s | 10,323 | #53 |
| 1900s | 11,020 | #61 |
| 1910s | 23,117 | #73 |
| 1920s | 27,434 | #92 |
| 1930s | 16,413 | #119 |
| 1940s | 13,128 | #154 |
| 1950s | 13,644 | #200 |
| 1960s | 8,671 | #267 |
| 1970s | 3,700 | #438 |
| 1980s | 4,727 | #429 |
| 1990s | 6,090 | #364 |
| 2000s | 19,399 | #101 |
| 2010s | 42,024 | #48 |
| 2020s | 29,759 | #24 |
Girl names about as popular as Lucy
Questions
- Is Lucy a boy or girl name?
- Lucy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lucy were girls.
- How popular is the name Lucy?
- 6,176 baby girls were named Lucy in the US in 2025, making it the 24th most popular girl name. Another 8 boys got the name (#8,906 for boys).
- When was Lucy most popular?
- Lucy peaked in 2025, when 6,176 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #24 in 2025.
- How many people are named Lucy?
- 237,613 babies have been named Lucy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 137,362 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Lucy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lucy was most common in Vermont, at 13.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.