Lucy
Girl nameLucy has been given to 237,613 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2025 and currently ranks #25 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈluːsi/
From Middle English Lucy, from Old French Lucie (notably after the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracuse), from Latin Lucia (feminine of Lucius, a Roman praenomen), from lux (“light”). The name of the Australopithecus skeleton came from the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, which was being played repeatedly at the dig site camp at the time of the discovery. The slang term for LSD also derives from the song name, which many believe is essentially a reference to the drug.
Origin: Latin
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
237,613
Peak year
2025 (6,184 babies)
Rank in 2025
#25 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +36%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Lucy
Lucy Liu
American actress
Saint Lucy
Saint from Italy
Lucy Lawless
New Zealand actress
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Canadian writer (1874–1942)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lucy.
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