Girl name#498 of girl names
Lucia
Pronounced L UW1 SH AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
How popular is Lucia?
Lucia is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 56,613 children — the 498th most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 64% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 2,677 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L UW1 SH AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lucia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lucia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lucia?
- Lucia ranks 498th among girls' names in US records, with 56,613 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,299.
- Is Lucia a unisex name?
- No. Lucia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lucia most popular?
- 2024, when 2,677 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.