Meaning and history
Lucy is the English form of Lucia and has been in use since the Middle Ages.
20062006: 2,259 births, rank #153
2007: 2,570 births, rank #135
2008: 3,075 births, rank #112
2009: 3,180 births, rank #101
2010: 3,634 births, rank #75
20112011: 3,704 births, rank #73
2012: 3,818 births, rank #66
2013: 3,948 births, rank #66
2014: 4,299 births, rank #61
2015: 4,558 births, rank #55
20162016: 4,604 births, rank #55
2017: 4,604 births, rank #52
2018: 4,378 births, rank #51
2019: 4,477 births, rank #48
2020: 4,369 births, rank #50
20212021: 4,457 births, rank #48
2022: 4,448 births, rank #48
2023: 4,884 births, rank #40
2024: 5,425 births, rank #34
20252025: 6,176 births, rank #24
Lucy has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1880, it fell to #588 by 1978, before climbing to #25 in 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 6,176.