Lucia

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The feminine form of Lucius, from Latin 'lux' meaning 'light'. Associated with Saint Lucia, a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse and patron saint of the blind — widely celebrated in Scandinavian Saint Lucy's Day traditions.

Origin: Latin

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1959 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #71 in Northern Ireland in 2022. See regions.

Lucia: Recorded since 1959, it reached #71 in 2022, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
171times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#71highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

loo-SEE-ah/lɵ.ˈsiː.a/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Latin
Meaning: The feminine form of Lucius, from Latin 'lux' meaning 'light'. Associated with Saint Lucia, a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse and patron saint of the blind — widely celebrated in Scandinavian Saint Lucy's Day traditions.
Pronunciation: loo-SEE-ah
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Latin

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#349
1997	#307
1998	#337
1999	#331
2000	#257
2001	#303
2002	#259
2003	#247
2004	#211
2005	#240
2006	#190
2007	#202
2008	#226
2009	#205
2010	#172
2011	#185
2012	#189
2013	#169
2014	#193
2015	#181
2016	#203
2017	#211
2018	#206
2019	#202
2020	#198
2021	#224
2022	#198
2023	#190
2024	#176
2025	#170

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 44 of the 67 years from 1959 to 2025.

In 2025: #78 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #160 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #170 among girls in England and Wales, #346 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1959–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #428 among girls in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #170 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Lucia appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 60 ranked years and 1,062 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1959.

Lucia across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lucia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#428 (1959)	#346 (2025)	#346 (2025)	44 of 67	291 (1959–2025)	13 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#257 (1964)	#85 (2023)	#160 (2025)	60 of 62	1,062 (1964–2025)	60 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#349 (1996)	#169 (2013)	#170 (2025)	30 of 30	6,738 (1996–2025)	312 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#71 (2022)	#87 (2024)	28 of 28	442 (1997–2024)	30 (2022)
New Zealand · Girls	#92 (2008)	#86 (2016)	#86 (2016)	5 of 9	235 (2008–2016)	49 (2016)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#84 (2023)	#75 (2024)	#78 (2025)	3 of 3	268 (2023–2025)	96 (2024)

Lucia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lucia in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	99	6 of 10	17
1970s	55	9 of 10	6
1980s	62	10 of 10	6
1990s	49	9 of 10	5
2000s	173	10 of 10	17
2010s	378	10 of 10	38
2020sbusiest	246	6 of 10	41

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 41 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1967 and 1968, when recorded births fell by 46, from 55 to 9.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lucia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1959 and 2025, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #71, first reached in 2022.

It held a top-100 place in 10 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 312 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 65 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Lucia was ranked #71 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Penny#67
Eden#69
Leah#69
Lyla#71
Abigail#73
Heidi#73
Scarlett#73
Gracie#76

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Luchia · #1843, 29y
Luci · #351, 28y
Lucian · #312, 30y
Luciana · #397, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Leonard · #73, 70y
Carla · #74, 61y
Tamara · #52, 68y
Dominic · #51, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Grahame · #71, 12y
Magdalena · #71, 65y
Maxwell · #71, 40y
Eskil · #72, 65y

Lucia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lucia without appearing here.

Lucia moved ahead of

Sofie
In 2000 they stood at #471 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #254 and #606.
Pauline
In 1999 they stood at #355 and #355 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #269 and #536.
Rita
In 1999 they stood at #576 and #304 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #269 and #536.
Bernadette
In 2005 they stood at #291 and #291 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #130 and #384.

Moved ahead of Lucia

Tara
In 1996 they stood at #526 and #602 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #617 and #237.
Sophie
In 1985 they stood at #488 and #637 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #563 and #242.
Selma
In 1976 they stood at #513 and #628 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #612 and #323.
Erin
In 1977 they stood at #429 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1978 that had become #522 and #281.

Moved the opposite way to Lucia

Mona
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lucia went from #325 to #160 while Mona went from #297 to #718.
Ingrid
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lucia went from #257 to #85 while Ingrid went from #201 to #856.
Jude
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lucia went from #257 to #85 while Jude went from #234 to #727.
Nina
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lucia went from #110 to #160 while Nina went from #393 to #112.

Moved the same way as Lucia

Amy
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lucia went from #325 to #160 and Amy from #262 to #138.
May
Between 1967 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lucia went from #110 to #160 and May from #315 to #718.
Lauren
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lucia went from #303 to #160 and Lauren from #466 to #118.
Chloe
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lucia went from #393 to #160 and Chloe from #490 to #22.

Meaning & Origin

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Latin

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Lucia is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Lucia, between 1959 and 2025, in 65 of those 67 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1959–2025	44	#346 in 2025
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	60	#85 in 2023
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#169 in 2013
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#71 in 2022
New Zealand	2008–2016	5	#86 in 2016
New South Wales, Australia	2023–2025	3	#75 in 2024
Scotland	2024	1	#93 in 2024

Its high point came 12 years earlier in England and Wales (2013) than in Norway (2025).

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

loo-SEE-ah/lɵ.ˈsiː.a/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Lucia Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Lucia in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Lucia

Lucia at a glance

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lucia across 6 official records

Lucia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lucia appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Lucia

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Lucia and the names beside it

Lucia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lucia

Moved the opposite way to Lucia

Moved the same way as Lucia

Meaning & Origin

Where Lucia is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Lucia Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Lucia at a glance

Lucia across 6 official records

Lucia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lucia appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Lucia

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Lucia and the names beside it

Lucia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lucia

Moved the opposite way to Lucia

Moved the same way as Lucia