Lucia

What Lucia means

Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”

variant of Lucy || From Middle English Lucy, from Old French Lucie (notably after the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracuse), from Latin Lucia (feminine of Lucius, a Roman praenomen), from lux (“light”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Lucia” (revision 93773583) and “Lucy” (revision 94541266), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Lucia?

US: Rising: up from #225 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #181 in 2015, #170 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,012 girls got the name (#83 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 534 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 892 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 407 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (7.92 per 1,000 girls), AK (6.65 per 1,000 girls), RI (4.08 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Lucia is #83 in the US and #170 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lucia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Luchia0 US · 9 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lucia

Girls

• Estella#509Variant of Estelle, meaning “star”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Liana#385Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025

For a brother

• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lucia’s. Rank is US 2025.