Lucy Name Popularity

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How popular is Lucy?

Ranking 51st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lucy is popular.

Currently in the top 100, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #44 for the first time in 1880 and as recently as 1881.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2016 with 4,597 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Lucy was 291 in 1978.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lucy occurred roughly during the years 1911-1915, 1993-2010, and 2011-2014, whereas 1932-1935, 1941-1944, 1957-1962, and 1964-1971 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

How popular will Lucy be?

Lucy's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Lucy lately has risen.

The name Lucy is favored by many parents and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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		Lucy (Girl)		Lucy (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		4,354	51	< 5	--
2017		4,587	52	< 5	--
2016		4,597	54	< 5	--
2015		4,547	55	5	13,246
2014		4,295	61	6	11,576
2013		3,946	66	< 5	--
2012		3,810	66	< 5	--
2011		3,701	72	< 5	--
2010		3,634	75	< 5	--
2009		3,178	101	6	11,896
2008		3,068	112	< 5	--
2007		2,569	135	< 5	--
2006		2,256	153	< 5	--
2005		1,963	172	< 5	--
2004		1,638	203	9	7,935
2003		1,472	220	< 5	--
2002		1,211	260	< 5	--
2001		1,041	306	< 5	--
2000		980	323	< 5	--
1999		812	364	< 5	--
1998		700	392	< 5	--
1997		700	379	< 5	--
1996		647	405	< 5	--
1995		576	445	< 5	--
1994		536	473	< 5	--
1993		524	480	< 5	--
1992		519	475	< 5	--
1991		520	471	< 5	--
1990		551	449	7	6,878
1989		544	447	8	5,992
1988		512	443	< 5	--
1987		506	440	< 5	--
1986		500	429	6	6,407
1985		486	450	5	7,160
1984		424	481	< 5	--
1983		408	484	5	6,896
1982		467	456	< 5	--
1981		436	484	< 5	--
1980		439	480	< 5	--
1979		350	537	6	5,791
1978		291	588	< 5	--
1977		310	568	< 5	--
1976		346	516	< 5	--
1975		326	530	< 5	--
1974		384	471	< 5	--
1973		348	500	< 5	--
1972		416	450	< 5	--
1971		426	469	< 5	--
1970		504	438	< 5	--
1969		581	391	< 5	--
1968		670	339	< 5	--
1967		685	336	< 5	--
1966		754	323	6	3,764
1965		870	307	< 5	--
1964		950	299	< 5	--
1963		932	303	< 5	--
1962		1,009	287	< 5	--
1961		1,083	280	< 5	--
1960		1,132	267	< 5	--
1959		1,206	253	7	3,465
1958		1,253	241	6	3,775
1957		1,350	227	9	2,941
1956		1,362	222	< 5	--
1955		1,403	215	< 5	--
1954		1,532	201	5	4,149
1953		1,565	200	6	3,649
1952		1,415	203	5	4,071
1951		1,269	216	5	4,046
1950		1,289	207	< 5	--
1949		1,398	195	< 5	--
1948		1,343	202	< 5	--
1947		1,323	202	< 5	--
1946		1,235	194	5	3,817
1945		1,145	178	9	2,510
1944		1,207	179	5	3,727
1943		1,316	176	7	3,121
1942		1,337	173	7	3,100
1941		1,443	156	7	3,032
1940		1,382	154	10	2,424
1939		1,408	154	12	2,125
1938		1,428	154	13	2,056
1937		1,450	151	7	3,071
1936		1,446	147	6	3,394
1935		1,510	141	11	2,345
1934		1,647	134	14	1,986
1933		1,747	129	7	3,173
1932		1,830	128	15	1,969
1931		1,826	126	17	1,814
1930		2,121	119	15	2,028
1929		2,128	115	15	2,066
1928		2,321	112	22	1,631
1927		2,542	112	19	1,847
1926		2,546	106	14	2,262
1925		2,765	102	15	2,142
1924		2,978	98	22	1,705
1923		3,002	92	15	2,188
1922		2,977	93	12	2,579
1921		3,157	93	15	2,224
1920		3,018	94	16	2,102
1919		3,007	91	8	3,277
1918		3,108	90	12	2,479
1917		2,929	88	14	2,149
1916		2,877	84	11	2,481
1915		2,814	79	10	2,554
1914		2,298	73	8	2,565
1913		1,855	77	8	2,192
1912		1,636	78	5	2,761
1911		1,309	77	< 5	--
1910		1,283	75	6	1,520
1909		1,175	71	< 5	--
1908		1,118	74	8	1,078
1907		1,152	68	8	1,063
1906		1,077	69	8	974
1905		1,132	66	< 5	--
1904		1,086	66	6	1,151
1903		990	68	< 5	--
1902		1,065	65	6	1,096
1901		979	61	8	823
1900		1,246	61	5	1,423
1899		1,018	60	8	833
1898		1,144	59	5	1,237
1897		984	61	6	1,018
1896		1,074	59	5	1,199
1895		1,016	61	7	943
1894		1,077	57	6	1,030
1893		1,036	56	< 5	--
1892		1,057	55	< 5	--
1891		944	53	5	1,062
1890		973	53	< 5	--
1889		893	54	< 5	--
1888		964	51	< 5	--
1887		811	51	< 5	--
1886		817	50	< 5	--
1885		711	52	< 5	--
1884		787	47	< 5	--
1883		663	48	< 5	--
1882		673	46	< 5	--
1881		611	44	5	960
1880		590	44	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.