Lucia

“Light” — Latin origin

Girl's name · #83 in the US (2025) · Trending

Lucia is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #83 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 59,000 girls have been named Lucia along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: #3 in Spain (2024) · #73 in N. Ireland (2025) · #78 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #98 in New Zealand (2025) · #100 in Australia (VIC) (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lucias

Lucía Etxebarria — Spanish writer
Lucia Bose — Italian-born Spanish actress (1931-2020)
Lucía Sánchez Saornil — Spanish poet, journalist, sindicalist, anarchist and feminist (1895-1970)
Lucia Popp — Slovak operatic soprano
Lucia Berlin — American writer

In stories & tradition

Lucia Nanami — Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
Lucia von Bardas — Earth-616
Lucia Mondella — The Betrothed

What Lucias become

Among 1,621 notable people named Lucia:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.26× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lucia Galeazzi Galvani, Italian Medical scientist.

Similar names: Lucy · Cecilia · Luciana · Talia · Catalina · Elena

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