The story in the numbers

230,743 girls have been named Lucy in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 5,396 births — 0.33% of all girls recorded that year.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1954, and the 2010s alone account for 18%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 60 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

By decade

Decade

girls named Lucy

7,520

10,323

11,020

23,117

27,434

16,413

13,128

13,644

8,670

3,701

4,726

6,091

19,397

42,018

23,541

In 2024, its biggest year

Lucy was the 34th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Lucy

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.