Meaning and history
Lucius was ancient Rome's most common praenomen and derives from Latin lux, meaning "light." It was borne by two Etruscan kings, prominent Romans including statesman and philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a New Testament Christian in Antioch, and three popes including 3rd-century Saint Lucius, though it did not become regularly used in the Christian world until after the Renaissance.
20062006: 136 births, rank #1,229
2007: 140 births, rank #1,255
2008: 127 births, rank #1,348
2009: 130 births, rank #1,331
2010: 129 births, rank #1,323
20112011: 127 births, rank #1,331
2012: 118 births, rank #1,407
2013: 125 births, rank #1,352
2014: 122 births, rank #1,389
2015: 137 births, rank #1,297
20162016: 160 births, rank #1,183
2017: 124 births, rank #1,408
2018: 128 births, rank #1,375
2019: 144 births, rank #1,287
2020: 154 births, rank #1,222
20212021: 134 births, rank #1,372
2022: 161 births, rank #1,220
2023: 154 births, rank #1,253
2024: 135 births, rank #1,387
20252025: 189 births, rank #1,128
Lucius rose from #977 to #951 for boys between 1967 and 1968. Its highest annual birth count came in 1916, with 151 births.