NameTides

Lucius

Lucius was the #1,128 boys' name in the US in 2025 (189 babies), and #1,124 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Lucius as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lucius as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Lucius as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,128 (189)#1,124 (26)#1,207 (20)
2024#1,387 (135)#1,859 (13)#1,205 (19)
2023#1,253 (154)#987 (30)#1,687 (11)
2022#1,220 (161)#1,104 (25)#1,350 (15)
2021#1,372 (134)#1,391 (18)#1,277 (16)
2020#1,222 (154)#1,314 (19)#1,312 (15)
2019#1,287 (144)#1,439 (17)#1,448 (13)
2018#1,375 (128)#1,194 (22)#1,219 (16)
2017#1,408 (124)#1,339 (19)#1,074 (20)
2016#1,183 (160)#1,187 (23)#1,118 (19)
2015#1,297 (137)#1,786 (13)#1,164 (17)
2014#1,389 (122)#1,560 (15)#1,311 (14)
2013#1,352 (125)#1,617 (14)#1,252 (15)
2012#1,407 (118)#1,021 (27)#1,102 (18)
2011#1,331 (127)#1,398 (17)#1,211 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #257.
  • Holding steady 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 9,000 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 9,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lucius is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,300 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lucius by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #809FL
Lucius (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#1,2178

Lucius (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
LuciusCanadaBoys#1,20720
LuciusEngland & WalesBoys#1,12426
LuciusNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LuciusUSBoys#1,128189