Meaning not yet researched.
Lucky: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 108 in 2025. Its best rank was #935 in 1945.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #935 in 1945; #1,580 in 2025. About 76% of babies named Lucky in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,580 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1945, at #935.
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Lucky: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 108 boys in 2025. Peak: #935 in 1945 · most boys in one year: 108 (2025).
In 2025, 108 US boys were named Lucky, making it the 1,580th most common boys’ name of the year, up 277 places from #1,857 in 2024. That is 21 more than the 87 boys named Lucky in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #935, reached in 1945. The most boys given the name in a single year was 108, in 2025. For comparison, it was #2,749 in 2015 and #1,154 in 1950.
In 2025, 34 US girls were named Lucky, making it the 4,233rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 1,000 places from #5,233 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 25 girls named Lucky in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,645, reached in 1943. The most girls given the name in a single year was 34, in 2025. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #5,780 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lucky in 110 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 6 babies. In all, 4,226 US babies have been given the name, 14% of them girls and 86% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 647 babies named Lucky.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 604 US boys were named Lucky; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 108. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,816 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lucky ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #851 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Luke (323,585 babies since 1880) and Luc (3,614 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Luckie, Luckey and Lucki 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: Luckie (53), Luckey (15), Lucki (8).
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 Lucky 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 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 5 | #851 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #888 | — |
| California | 20 | #1,070 | #1,597 |
| Texas | 15 | #1,332 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,358 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,233 | 108 | #1,580 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,233 | 87 | #1,857 |
| 2023 | 16 | #7,121 | 46 | #2,786 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,499 | 58 | #2,428 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,870 | 70 | #2,090 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,426 | 44 | #2,786 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,913 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,952 | 44 | #2,777 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,120 | 44 | #2,780 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,428 | 56 | #2,356 |
| 2015 | — | — | 44 | #2,749 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,907 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 2013 | 15 | #8,016 | 33 | #3,314 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,942 | 37 | #3,088 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,952 | 42 | #2,834 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,910 | 59 | #2,228 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,063 | 53 | #2,431 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,317 | 57 | #2,312 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,304 | 63 | #2,154 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,104 | 70 | #1,936 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,097 | 68 | #1,879 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,381 | 65 | #1,901 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,291 | 42 | #2,496 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,055 | 55 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,608 | 42 | #2,369 |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,525 | 47 | #2,160 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,145 | 47 | #2,047 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,425 | 45 | #2,083 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,552 | 46 | #1,985 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,134 | 52 | #1,776 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,852 | 40 | #2,076 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,920 | 43 | #1,954 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,830 | 22 | #3,106 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,681 | 23 | #2,963 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,560 | 42 | #1,880 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,716 | 25 | #2,672 |
| 1989 | — | — | 23 | #2,747 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,013 | 29 | #2,175 |
| 1987 | — | — | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,297 | 20 | #2,656 |
| 1985 | — | — | 23 | #2,333 |
| 1984 | — | — | 23 | #2,269 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,490 | 18 | #2,630 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,786 | 24 | #2,191 |
| 1981 | — | — | 29 | #1,930 |
| 1980 | — | — | 27 | #2,032 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,193 | 25 | #2,081 |
| 1978 | — | — | 15 | #2,872 |
| 1977 | — | — | 28 | #1,844 |
| 1976 | — | — | 26 | #1,912 |
| 1975 | — | — | 32 | #1,613 |
| 1974 | — | — | 15 | #2,627 |
| 1973 | — | — | 28 | #1,684 |
| 1972 | — | — | 29 | #1,625 |
| 1971 | — | — | 26 | #1,762 |
| 1970 | — | — | 19 | #2,101 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,191 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,443 | 27 | #1,532 |
| 1967 | — | — | 34 | #1,304 |
| 1966 | — | — | 30 | #1,415 |
| 1965 | — | — | 34 | #1,329 |
| 1964 | — | — | 34 | #1,364 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,202 | 30 | #1,445 |
| 1962 | — | — | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1961 | — | — | 29 | #1,509 |
| 1960 | — | — | 50 | #1,107 |
| 1959 | — | — | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1958 | — | — | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,652 | 26 | #1,567 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,687 | 43 | #1,164 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,361 | 35 | #1,287 |
| 1954 | — | — | 45 | #1,116 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,847 | 47 | #1,072 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,330 | 38 | #1,208 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,872 | 31 | #1,338 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,780 | 39 | #1,154 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,491 | 40 | #1,123 |
| 1948 | — | — | 34 | #1,247 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,206 | 50 | #1,024 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,144 | 34 | #1,209 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,874 | 48 | #935 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,923 | 39 | #1,065 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,645 | 36 | #1,149 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,602 | 15 | #1,918 |
| 1941 | — | — | 23 | #1,431 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,767 | 24 | #1,387 |
| 1939 | — | — | 13 | #2,015 |
| 1938 | — | — | 20 | #1,547 |
| 1937 | — | — | 11 | #2,282 |
| 1936 | — | — | 7 | #3,049 |
| 1935 | — | — | 7 | #3,144 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,349 |
| 1932 | — | — | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1931 | — | — | 17 | #1,811 |
| 1930 | — | — | 19 | #1,736 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1928 | — | — | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,600 | 26 | #1,498 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,620 | 20 | #1,763 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,261 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1924 | — | — | 15 | #2,179 |
| 1923 | — | — | 16 | #2,083 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,781 | 13 | #2,425 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,578 | 16 | #2,116 |
| 1920 | — | — | 7 | #3,692 |
| 1919 | — | — | 7 | #3,612 |
| 1917 | — | — | 7 | #3,431 |
| 1916 | — | — | 11 | #2,480 |
| 1914 | — | — | 6 | #3,118 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,451 |
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).