Lucia
For 2025 the count puts Lucia at #83 nationwide, with the curve still pointing up. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 59,335 American bearers across the record.
What Lucia carries
Lucia · Latin
“light”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Lucia’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Lucia, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Lucia since 1880
Lucia is at its all-time peak right now: #83 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Lucia is most common
Among the states, Lucia takes its largest share in District of Columbia, 0.79% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Alaska and Rhode Island next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Lucia
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Luka
#85 in 2025 · Latin
Luke
#33 in 2025 · Latin
Lucy
#25 in 2025 · Latin
Luca
#14 in 2025 · Latin
Lucas
#10 in 2025 · Latin
August
#81 in 2025 · Latin
Silas
#71 in 2025 · Latin
Claire
#68 in 2025 · Latin
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About Lucia
How common is Lucia today?
For 2025 the count puts Lucia at #83 nationwide, with the curve still pointing up. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Lucia mean?
The gloss on record reads “light”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Lucia?
Luka, Luke and Lucy sit nearest to Lucia on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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