Lucretia
Pronounced L UW0 K R IY1 SH AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1974
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Lucretia?
Lucretia is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 11,864 children — the 1,280th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 193 births across the past decade, against a peak of 219 in a single year. That peak was in 1974.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Lucrecia and Lucrezia — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Lucretia and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Lucrecia
- Lucrezia
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L UW0 K R IY1 SH AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lucretia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lucretia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lucretia?
- Lucretia ranks 1,280th among girls' names in US records, with 11,864 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 193.
- Is Lucretia a unisex name?
- No. Lucretia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lucretia most popular?
- 1974, when 219 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Lucretia spelled?
- Lucrecia, Lucrezia. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.