Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lucy

#176 most common girls' name of all time · #342 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#176
Rank overall
#342 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
237,613
Since 2016
47,844
Peak year
2025 #24
Best rank
#24 2025
Girls Boys peak 6,184/yr
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Lucy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6,176 8 6,184 #24
2024 5,425 5,425 #34
2023 4,884 4,884 #40
2022 4,448 5 4,453 #48
2021 4,457 4,457 #48
2020 4,369 9 4,378 #50
2019 4,477 4,477 #48
2018 4,378 4,378 #51
2017 4,604 4,604 #52
2016 4,604 4,604 #55
2015 4,558 5 4,563 #55
2014 4,299 6 4,305 #61
2013 3,948 3,948 #66
2012 3,818 3,818 #66
2011 3,704 3,704 #73
2010 3,634 3,634 #75
2009 3,180 6 3,186 #101
2008 3,075 3,075 #112
2007 2,570 2,570 #135
2006 2,259 2,259 #153
2005 1,965 1,965 #172
2004 1,643 9 1,652 #203
2003 1,475 1,475 #220
2002 1,211 1,211 #259
2001 1,041 1,041 #306
2000 980 980 #324
1999 815 815 #364
1998 700 700 #392
1997 700 700 #378
1996 647 647 #405
1995 576 576 #445
1994 536 536 #472
1993 524 524 #480
1992 521 521 #474
1991 520 520 #471
1990 551 7 558 #449
1989 544 8 552 #447
1988 515 515 #440
1987 506 506 #439
1986 501 6 507 #429
1985 487 5 492 #449
1984 426 426 #479
1983 409 5 414 #483
1982 466 466 #458
1981 434 434 #485
1980 439 439 #480
1979 350 6 356 #536
1978 291 291 #587
1977 311 311 #564
1976 346 346 #514
1975 326 326 #530
1974 383 383 #472
1973 348 348 #500
1972 415 415 #450
1971 426 426 #469
1970 504 504 #438
1969 580 580 #391
1968 671 671 #336
1967 687 687 #336
1966 754 6 760 #323
1965 870 870 #307
1964 949 949 #299
1963 936 936 #302
1962 1,008 1,008 #288
1961 1,086 1,086 #279
1960 1,130 1,130 #267
1959 1,206 7 1,213 #253
1958 1,252 6 1,258 #241
1957 1,351 9 1,360 #228
1956 1,362 1,362 #222
1955 1,404 1,404 #215
1954 1,531 5 1,536 #201
1953 1,565 6 1,571 #200
1952 1,415 5 1,420 #203
1951 1,269 5 1,274 #216
1950 1,289 1,289 #207
1949 1,397 1,397 #195
1948 1,342 1,342 #202
1947 1,322 1,322 #202
1946 1,236 5 1,241 #194
1945 1,146 9 1,155 #178
1944 1,207 5 1,212 #179
1943 1,317 7 1,324 #176
1942 1,335 7 1,342 #173
1941 1,444 7 1,451 #156
1940 1,382 10 1,392 #154
1939 1,409 12 1,421 #154
1938 1,428 13 1,441 #154
1937 1,449 7 1,456 #151
1936 1,446 6 1,452 #147
1935 1,510 11 1,521 #141
1934 1,647 14 1,661 #134
1933 1,747 7 1,754 #129
1932 1,829 15 1,844 #128
1931 1,827 17 1,844 #126
1930 2,121 15 2,136 #119
1929 2,127 15 2,142 #115
1928 2,322 22 2,344 #112
1927 2,542 19 2,561 #112
1926 2,545 14 2,559 #106
1925 2,766 15 2,781 #102
1924 2,978 22 3,000 #98
1923 3,002 15 3,017 #92
1922 2,977 12 2,989 #93
1921 3,157 15 3,172 #93
1920 3,018 16 3,034 #94
1919 3,007 8 3,015 #91
1918 3,108 12 3,120 #90
1917 2,929 14 2,943 #87
1916 2,877 11 2,888 #84
1915 2,814 10 2,824 #79
1914 2,298 8 2,306 #73
1913 1,856 8 1,864 #76
1912 1,636 5 1,641 #78
1911 1,309 1,309 #77
1910 1,283 6 1,289 #75
1909 1,175 1,175 #71
1908 1,118 8 1,126 #73
1907 1,152 8 1,160 #68
1906 1,077 8 1,085 #69
1905 1,132 1,132 #66
1904 1,086 6 1,092 #66
1903 990 990 #68
1902 1,065 6 1,071 #65
1901 979 8 987 #61
1900 1,246 5 1,251 #61
1899 1,018 8 1,026 #60
1898 1,144 5 1,149 #59
1897 984 6 990 #62
1896 1,074 5 1,079 #59
1895 1,016 7 1,023 #61
1894 1,077 6 1,083 #57
1893 1,036 1,036 #56
1892 1,057 1,057 #55
1891 944 5 949 #53
1890 973 973 #53
1889 893 893 #54
1888 964 964 #51
1887 811 811 #51
1886 817 817 #50
1885 711 711 #52
1884 787 787 #47
1883 663 663 #48
1882 673 673 #46
1881 611 5 616 #44
1880 590 590 #44