Lucius
Lucius is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 135 births. Its best rank was 259th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1350.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022161 births
- Best rank
- #259in 1881
- Since 1880
- 9,918people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,918 boys have been named Lucius in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 161 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 2010s alone account for 13%. It has spent 83 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lucius | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 327 | |
| 1890s | 291 | |
| 1900s | 351 | |
| 1910s | 1,029 | |
| 1920s | 1,142 | |
| 1930s | 799 | |
| 1940s | 777 | |
| 1950s | 737 | |
| 1960s | 513 | |
| 1970s | 413 | |
| 1980s | 354 | |
| 1990s | 248 | |
| 2000s | 886 | |
| 2010s | 1,314 | |
| 2020s | 737 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Lucius was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Lucius
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Henrypeak 2024
- Amospeak 1922
- Charliepeak 1919
- Hendersonpeak 1918
- Pricepeak 2006
- Judgepeak 1919
- Sanderspeak 1951
- Luciouspeak 1926
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.