NameTides

Lucy

Lucy was the #24 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,176 babies), and #143 in England & Wales and #32 in Canada.

Lucy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lucy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Lucy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#24 (6,176)#143 (346)#37 (100)#34 (48)#16 (179)#32 (518)#32 (165)#12 (217)
2024#34 (5,425)#123 (392)#28 (113)#38 (45)#11 (204)#51 (420)#30 (170)#24 (193)
2023#40 (4,884)#117 (419)#20 (141)#39 (47)#14 (214)#55 (392)#43 (142)#30 (142)
2022#48 (4,448)#90 (540)#18 (158)#23 (70)#16 (232)#66 (367)#43 (156)#28 (165)
2021#48 (4,457)#85 (607)#18 (164)#12 (100)#6 (287)#65 (392)#30 (192)#28 (170)
2020#50 (4,369)#69 (755)#23 (148)#9 (112)#9 (261)#65 (387)#27 (206)#25 (183)
2019#48 (4,477)#61 (882)#12 (222)#14 (104)#11 (285)#68 (391)#29 (204)#28 (195)
2018#51 (4,378)#61 (910)#14 (221)#10 (124)#13 (277)#70 (369)#25 (230)#27 (163)
2017#52 (4,604)#49 (1,089)#11 (248)#16 (108)#6 (349)#67 (385)#34 (198)#21 (208)
2016#55 (4,604)#43 (1,273)#9 (279)#16 (107)#3 (388)#76 (353)#29 (220)#21 (205)
2015#55 (4,558)#32 (1,525)#9 (317)#9 (146)#7 (379)#77 (354)#27 (229)#25 (156)
2014#61 (4,299)#30 (1,664)#8 (363)#8 (149)#9 (369)#75 (360)#27 (223)#23 (182)
2013#66 (3,948)#28 (1,683)#5 (393)#6 (171)#8 (397)#78 (337)#24 (235)#20 (211)
2012#66 (3,818)#27 (1,908)#5 (418)#7 (172)#9 (439)#101 (289)#20 (254)#24 (161)
2011#73 (3,704)#23 (2,228)#5 (457)#6 (167)#7 (463)#104 (282)#24 (225)#17 (194)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #44.
  • 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 260 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 260common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 180very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 120very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 290common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lucy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 230 to 1 in 270.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lucy by state, 2025Alaska: #10AKMaine: #7MEWisconsin: #13WIVermont: #30VTNew Hampshire: #6NHWashington: #18WAIdaho: #10IDMontana: #2MTNorth Dakota: #11NDMinnesota: #9MNIllinois: #31ILMichigan: #23MINew York: #39NYMassachusetts: #13MAOregon: #17ORNevada: #73NVWyoming: #16WYSouth Dakota: #10SDIowa: #14IAIndiana: #18INOhio: #22OHPennsylvania: #14PANew Jersey: #38NJConnecticut: #13CTRhode Island: #40RICalifornia: #53CAUtah: #3UTColorado: #17CONebraska: #23NEMissouri: #16MOKentucky: #20KYWest Virginia: #53WVVirginia: #15VAMaryland: #15MDDelaware: #70DEArizona: #43AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #14KSArkansas: #38ARTennessee: #17TNNorth Carolina: #19NCSouth Carolina: #16SCDistrict of Columbia: #4DCOklahoma: #33OKLouisiana: #10LAMississippi: #21MSAlabama: #18ALGeorgia: #27GAHawaii: #54HITexas: #44TXFlorida: #51FL
Lucy (girls) 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#44178
Quebec2025#25023

Lucy (girls): 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
LucyCanadaGirls#32518
LucyEngland & WalesGirls#143346
Lucy-England & WalesGirls—too few
LucyIrelandGirls#16179
LucyNorthern IrelandGirls#3448
LucyNSWGirls#32165
LucyScotlandGirls#37100
LucyUSGirls#246,176
LucyUSBoys#8,9108
LucyVICGirls#12217