Lucy
Lucy is derived from the Latin name Lucia, meaning 'light' or 'born at daylight.' It has been beloved in English-speaking countries since the Middle Ages and carries a warm, luminous quality.
Current Popularity
Popularity over time
Dashed bar: 2026 (projected): 6,665. How this is calculated
Yearly values
- 2011: 3,704
- 2012: 3,818
- 2013: 3,948
- 2014: 4,299
- 2015: 4,558
- 2016: 4,604
- 2017: 4,604
- 2018: 4,378
- 2019: 4,477
- 2020: 4,369
- 2021: 4,457
- 2022: 4,448
- 2023: 4,884
- 2024: 5,425
- 2025: 6,176
- 2026 (projected): 6,665
Good to Know
- •Easy to spell and pronounce across cultures
- •Works well across all ages from baby to adult
- •Strong literary connections including Narnia and Peanuts
- •Associated with Saint Lucy, patron saint of the blind
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Famous People
Lucy Liu
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Lucille Ball
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author of Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Stone
Suffragist and Women's Rights Activist
Statistics
236,969
Total births since 1880
2025
Peak year
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