Lucy

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #24in 2025
  • 1 in 260girls in 2025
  • +50%last ten years
  • 4.6×in Vermont

Most popular in 1881, and up 50% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,3236,64518801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Lucy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18806,484
18816,645
18826,240
18835,903
18846,100
18855,344
18865,653
18875,556
18885,397
18895,007
18905,111
18915,089
18924,978
18934,866
18944,831
18954,349
18964,514
18974,202
18984,421
18994,369
19004,156
19014,090
19024,033
19033,779
19043,944
19053,882
19063,647
19073,616
19083,344
19093,384
19103,236
19113,129
19122,931
19132,972
19143,017
19152,860
19162,755
19172,709
19182,685
19192,661
19202,519
19212,560
19222,479
19232,488
19242,385
19252,272
19262,147
19272,132
19282,013
19291,905
19301,884
19311,716
19321,714
19331,733
19341,577
19351,440
19361,390
19371,362
19381,294
19391,285
19401,209
19411,195
1942988
1943944
1944909
1945877
1946787
1947746
1948790
1949817
1950752
1951705
1952763
1953832
1954788
1955718
1956678
1957661
1958622
1959596
1960559
1961538
1962513
1963486
1964501
1965493
1966446
1967416
1968409
1969344
1970288
1971256
1972273
1973239
1974261
1975224
1976236
1977203
1978190
1979218
1980264
1981260
1982275
1983245
1984253
1985283
1986292
1987291
1988289
1989295
1990290
1991277
1992283
1993290
1994300
1995328
1996369
1997402
1998396
1999459
2000540
2001578
2002674
2003807
2004895
20051,063
20061,188
20071,337
20081,626
20091,731
20102,044
20112,106
20122,168
20132,250
20142,407
20152,553
20162,598
20172,667
20182,574
20192,667
20202,703
20212,716
20222,712
20233,044
20243,348
20253,843

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 4.6×
  2. Maine 3.2×
  3. Wyoming 3.2×
  4. New Hampshire 3.0×
  5. District of Columbia 2.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
6,176
Rank in 2025
#24
How rare
1 in 260 girls
Since 1880
236,969

Most popular in 1881, at 6,645 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 50% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont4.6×44
Maine3.2×99
Wyoming3.2×27
New Hampshire3.0×113
District of Columbia2.9×66

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.