Meaning not yet researched.
Lucien: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 265 in 2025. Its best rank was #397 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #397 in 1880; #899 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lucien in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#899 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #397.
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Lucien: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 265 boys in 2025. Peak: #397 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 265 (2025).
In 2025, 265 US boys were named Lucien, making it the 899th most common boys’ name of the year, up 8 places from #907 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 258 boys named Lucien in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #397, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 265, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,159 in 2015 and #847 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lucien in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 19 babies with the name. In all, 9,998 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,650 babies named Lucien.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,007 US boys were named Lucien; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 265. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,446 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lucien ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #354 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Luciano (17,631 babies since 1880) and Lucian (14,501 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lucienne, Mounir and Lucene are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lucienne (1,707), Mounir (125), Lucene (13).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lucien in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 9 | #354 | — |
| Oregon | 9 | #427 | — |
| Maryland | 9 | #547 | — |
| Tennessee | 11 | #657 | — |
| Washington | 10 | #668 | #740 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #673 | — |
| New York | 22 | #676 | #1,042 |
| California | 41 | #676 | #1,070 |
| Colorado | 7 | #729 | — |
| Florida | 18 | #833 | #1,071 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #849 | — |
| Ohio | 9 | #908 | — |
| Texas | 24 | #999 | #1,866 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,123 | — |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,209 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,414 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 265 | #899 |
| 2024 | — | — | 258 | #907 |
| 2023 | — | — | 250 | #925 |
| 2022 | — | — | 202 | #1,083 |
| 2021 | — | — | 179 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | — | — | 182 | #1,091 |
| 2019 | — | — | 167 | #1,166 |
| 2018 | — | — | 161 | #1,186 |
| 2017 | — | — | 167 | #1,138 |
| 2016 | — | — | 176 | #1,113 |
| 2015 | — | — | 162 | #1,159 |
| 2014 | — | — | 150 | #1,221 |
| 2013 | — | — | 173 | #1,081 |
| 2012 | — | — | 161 | #1,140 |
| 2011 | — | — | 164 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | — | — | 169 | #1,116 |
| 2009 | — | — | 152 | #1,189 |
| 2008 | — | — | 145 | #1,220 |
| 2007 | — | — | 141 | #1,252 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,895 | 150 | #1,138 |
| 2005 | — | — | 113 | #1,339 |
| 2004 | — | — | 87 | #1,539 |
| 2003 | — | — | 69 | #1,758 |
| 2002 | — | — | 69 | #1,704 |
| 2001 | — | — | 81 | #1,508 |
| 2000 | — | — | 52 | #1,987 |
| 1999 | — | — | 34 | #2,593 |
| 1998 | — | — | 43 | #2,144 |
| 1997 | — | — | 38 | #2,247 |
| 1996 | — | — | 30 | #2,575 |
| 1995 | — | — | 20 | #3,390 |
| 1994 | — | — | 40 | #2,068 |
| 1993 | — | — | 31 | #2,436 |
| 1992 | — | — | 32 | #2,340 |
| 1991 | — | — | 35 | #2,123 |
| 1990 | — | — | 34 | #2,148 |
| 1989 | — | — | 36 | #2,015 |
| 1988 | — | — | 34 | #1,937 |
| 1987 | — | — | 27 | #2,200 |
| 1986 | — | — | 25 | #2,265 |
| 1985 | — | — | 42 | #1,559 |
| 1984 | — | — | 34 | #1,708 |
| 1983 | — | — | 29 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | — | — | 42 | #1,506 |
| 1981 | — | — | 33 | #1,750 |
| 1980 | — | — | 42 | #1,484 |
| 1979 | — | — | 35 | #1,653 |
| 1978 | — | — | 34 | #1,638 |
| 1977 | — | — | 33 | #1,658 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,966 |
| 1975 | — | — | 30 | #1,687 |
| 1974 | — | — | 35 | #1,488 |
| 1973 | — | — | 28 | #1,683 |
| 1972 | — | — | 33 | #1,492 |
| 1971 | — | — | 35 | #1,453 |
| 1970 | — | — | 33 | #1,483 |
| 1969 | — | — | 32 | #1,427 |
| 1968 | — | — | 39 | #1,228 |
| 1967 | — | — | 41 | #1,172 |
| 1966 | — | — | 28 | #1,473 |
| 1965 | — | — | 29 | #1,447 |
| 1964 | — | — | 38 | #1,275 |
| 1963 | — | — | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1962 | — | — | 23 | #1,695 |
| 1961 | — | — | 45 | #1,192 |
| 1960 | — | — | 37 | #1,313 |
| 1959 | — | — | 41 | #1,222 |
| 1958 | — | — | 48 | #1,112 |
| 1957 | — | — | 53 | #1,048 |
| 1956 | — | — | 47 | #1,116 |
| 1955 | — | — | 53 | #1,040 |
| 1954 | — | — | 57 | #988 |
| 1953 | — | — | 54 | #985 |
| 1952 | — | — | 53 | #990 |
| 1951 | — | — | 47 | #1,048 |
| 1950 | — | — | 65 | #847 |
| 1949 | — | — | 73 | #806 |
| 1948 | — | — | 78 | #769 |
| 1947 | — | — | 85 | #747 |
| 1946 | — | — | 84 | #713 |
| 1945 | — | — | 57 | #834 |
| 1944 | — | — | 76 | #714 |
| 1943 | — | — | 75 | #750 |
| 1942 | — | — | 77 | #735 |
| 1941 | — | — | 73 | #726 |
| 1940 | — | — | 67 | #754 |
| 1939 | — | — | 63 | #766 |
| 1938 | — | — | 61 | #791 |
| 1937 | — | — | 47 | #917 |
| 1936 | — | — | 62 | #776 |
| 1935 | — | — | 54 | #855 |
| 1934 | — | — | 98 | #596 |
| 1933 | — | — | 76 | #682 |
| 1932 | — | — | 73 | #734 |
| 1931 | — | — | 98 | #595 |
| 1930 | — | — | 107 | #580 |
| 1929 | — | — | 82 | #682 |
| 1928 | — | — | 97 | #624 |
| 1927 | — | — | 145 | #503 |
| 1926 | — | — | 142 | #511 |
| 1925 | — | — | 132 | #535 |
| 1924 | — | — | 129 | #554 |
| 1923 | — | — | 158 | #487 |
| 1922 | — | — | 137 | #535 |
| 1921 | — | — | 141 | #526 |
| 1920 | — | — | 122 | #562 |
| 1919 | — | — | 129 | #525 |
| 1918 | — | — | 118 | #555 |
| 1917 | — | — | 119 | #533 |
| 1916 | — | — | 147 | #472 |
| 1915 | — | — | 125 | #495 |
| 1914 | — | — | 89 | #521 |
| 1913 | — | — | 78 | #494 |
| 1912 | — | — | 48 | #589 |
| 1911 | — | — | 36 | #492 |
| 1910 | — | — | 22 | #630 |
| 1909 | — | — | 30 | #465 |
| 1908 | — | — | 14 | #730 |
| 1907 | — | — | 14 | #725 |
| 1906 | — | — | 13 | #696 |
| 1905 | — | — | 18 | #560 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #793 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #564 |
| 1902 | — | — | 19 | #499 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #822 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #719 |
| 1899 | — | — | 14 | #537 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #786 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #603 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #576 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #593 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #616 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #559 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #725 |
| 1891 | — | — | 12 | #546 |
| 1890 | — | — | 10 | #650 |
| 1889 | — | — | 12 | #570 |
| 1888 | — | — | 16 | #495 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #570 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #732 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #515 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #590 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #578 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #480 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #551 |
| 1880 | — | — | 19 | #397 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).