Lucien

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Lucien is ranked 912th among boys in 2024 (255 births). Its best rank was 397th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: #912up 11 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2550.01% of boys
Peak year: 2024255 births
Best rank: #397in 1880
Since 1880: 9,725people given the name

Babies named Lucien, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

9,725 boys have been named Lucien in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 255 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 2010s alone account for 17%. It has spent 76 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Lucien
1880s	128
1890s	120
1900s	155
1910s	911
1920s	1,285
1930s	739
1940s	745
1950s	518
1960s	345
1970s	321
1980s	344
1990s	337
2000s	1,059
2010s	1,650
2020s	1,068

In 2024, its biggest year

Lucien was the 912th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Lucien

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.