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Lucille

Girls' name · Early 20th-century

Living in the US
~59,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#237 among girls
Births in 2025
1,314 233,321 since 1880
Typical age
69 years, median

Lucille popularity over time

Lucille rank by birth year, 1880–2025Lucille ranked #247 in 1880 and #237 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #27, in 1919.#100#1,000#237best #27 in 191918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1920 is the peak year for Lucille, with 8,006 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 42 separate years.

The 2025 position is #237, on 1,314 births. It climbed 37 places against the previous year.

Babies named Lucille per yearPeaks at 8,006 births in 1920.8,006 in 1920018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Lucille?

About 59,800 people named Lucille are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 233,321 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Lucille?

Half of living Lucilles are older than 69, half younger. The 1940s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Lucille a early 20th-century name.

Your Lucille

Ages of living people named LucilleHalf of living Lucilles are older than 69 and half younger.median 69020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Lucille is most common

South Dakota uses the name 3.0× as often as the country as a whole. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska follow.

Where Lucille is used more than average5 states use the name Lucille more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 3.0× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 2.8× the national rateWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: 3.0× the national rateSDIowa: 2.4× the national rateIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: 2.5× the national rateNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Lucille is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
South Dakota 67 3.0×
Minnesota 478 3.0×
Wisconsin 428 2.8×
Nebraska 138 2.5×
Iowa 213 2.4×

Lucille in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Lucille ranked #2,788 in 2025 on 9 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Lucille comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from French, Latin.

Notable people named Lucille

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Lucille Ball American actress 1911–1989 80
Lucille La Verne American actress 1872–1945 23
Lucille Ricksen American child actress 1910–1925 22
Lucille Teasdale-Corti Canadian medical doctor and surgeon who worked in Uganda 1929–1996 21
Lucille Bliss American actress 1916–2012 20
Lucille Clifton American poet 1936–2010 18
Lucille Roybal-Allard American politician 1941 18
Lucille Bremer American actress and dancer 1917–1996 18
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Lucille

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Lucille was in 2025.

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