Meaning and history
Lúcia is the feminine form of Lucius. Saint Lucia, a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse, was said to have had her eyes gouged out, making her the patron saint of the blind. She was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name, in various spellings, spread throughout Christian Europe; in England it has been used since the 12th century, usually as Lucy or Luce.
20062006: 977 births, rank #338
2007: 1,090 births, rank #311
2008: 1,099 births, rank #303
2009: 1,085 births, rank #305
2010: 1,239 births, rank #265
20112011: 1,329 births, rank #240
2012: 1,304 births, rank #248
2013: 1,327 births, rank #241
2014: 1,436 births, rank #231
2015: 1,453 births, rank #225
20162016: 1,523 births, rank #213
2017: 1,662 births, rank #185
2018: 1,612 births, rank #183
2019: 1,819 births, rank #157
2020: 1,753 births, rank #160
20212021: 2,025 births, rank #136
2022: 2,222 births, rank #126
2023: 2,442 births, rank #109
2024: 2,663 births, rank #98
20252025: 3,012 births, rank #83
Lucia has risen sharply in the modern US rankings, moving from #490 in 2000 to #83 in 2025. It now stands at #83 for girls. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 3,012.