NameTides

Lucian

Lucian was the #462 boys' name in the US in 2025 (670 babies), and #452 in England & Wales and #642 in Canada.

Lucian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lucian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaScotlandIreland
Lucian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#462 (670)#452 (85)#560 (5)—#829 (3)#642 (44)
2024#487 (635)#468 (85)———#686 (39)
2023#489 (613)#411 (96)#533 (5)#312 (5)—#911 (26)
2022#545 (543)#488 (81)——#779 (3)#695 (37)
2021#593 (469)#471 (86)———#729 (37)
2020#635 (421)#492 (78)——#637 (4)#749 (33)
2019#664 (398)#493 (79)——#764 (3)#862 (27)
2018#647 (396)#481 (84)#595 (4)——#697 (36)
2017#577 (469)#443 (95)#602 (4)——#789 (31)
2016#625 (428)#448 (91)———#892 (26)
2015#633 (422)#450 (90)———#847 (27)
2014#607 (441)#475 (83)#587 (4)——#833 (28)
2013#626 (393)#500 (75)——#605 (4)#809 (29)
2012#586 (435)#398 (103)———#686 (35)
2011#595 (419)#467 (80)———#587 (43)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #462.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lucian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lucian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #336WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #399NYMassachusetts: #361MAOregon: #210ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #412INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #526PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #371CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: #404KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #444AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #469TXFlorida: #361FL
Lucian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#60719

Lucian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LucianCanadaBoys#64244
LucianEngland & WalesBoys#45285
LucianIrelandBoys#8293
LucianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LucianScotlandBoys#5605
LucianUSGirls—too few
LucianUSBoys#462670