NameTides

Lucien

Lucien was the #897 boys' name in the US in 2025 (265 babies), and #822 in England & Wales and #614 in Canada.

Lucien as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lucien as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Lucien as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#897 (265)#822 (39)#762 (3)—#614 (47)
2024#907 (258)#981 (31)——#767 (34)
2023#921 (250)#910 (34)——#630 (42)
2022#1,078 (202)#901 (34)——#944 (25)
2021#1,135 (179)#939 (32)——#673 (40)
2020#1,086 (182)#1,051 (26)#711 (3)—#967 (23)
2019#1,162 (167)#874 (34)——#607 (44)
2018#1,181 (161)#786 (41)——#712 (35)
2017#1,138 (167)#861 (36)——#971 (23)
2016#1,110 (176)#801 (40)——#713 (36)
2015#1,157 (162)#1,046 (27)——#954 (23)
2014#1,218 (150)#889 (33)#680 (3)—#784 (30)
2013#1,080 (173)#788 (39)——#1,068 (19)
2012#1,135 (161)#666 (51)#669 (3)—#779 (30)
2011#1,117 (164)#976 (28)#648 (3)—#773 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1909 at #462.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 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 6,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lucien is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lucien by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #667CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #809FL
Lucien (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
Quebec2025#25320
Ontario2024#90712

Lucien (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
LucienCanadaBoys#61447
LucienEngland & WalesBoys#82239
LucienIrelandBoys—too few
LucienNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LucienScotlandBoys#7623
LucienUSGirls—too few
LucienUSBoys#897265