Lucky
Lucky is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 86 births. Its best rank was 935th, in 1945.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 860.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 202486 births
- Best rank
- #935in 1945
- Since 1912
- 4,081people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,513 boys have been named Lucky in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 86 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 2000s alone account for 16%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 568 girls have also been given it, 14% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lucky | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 37 | |
| 1920s | 160 | |
| 1930s | 114 | |
| 1940s | 343 | |
| 1950s | 355 | |
| 1960s | 320 | |
| 1970s | 243 | |
| 1980s | 232 | |
| 1990s | 385 | |
| 2000s | 562 | |
| 2010s | 458 | |
| 2020s | 304 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Lucky was outside the top 1,000 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 Lucky
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jonnypeak 2008
- Sammuelpeak 2009
- Connellpeak 2022
- Mauropeak 2006
- Luciopeak 2024
- Sanderpeak 2020
- Clancypeak 2024
- Patriciopeak 2009
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.