Lucien

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lucien: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lucien: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #666 in 2012, and it stood at #981 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#666highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#874
1998	#1263
1999	#1850
2000	#1703
2001	#983
2002	#1322
2003	#1011
2004	#1280
2005	#807
2006	#1168
2007	#902
2008	#1511
2009	#1008
2010	#854
2011	#976
2012	#666
2013	#788
2014	#889
2015	#1046
2016	#801
2017	#861
2018	#786
2019	#874
2020	#1051
2021	#939
2022	#901
2023	#910
2024	#981

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #720 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #854 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #666 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #981 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Lucien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Lucien in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000s	181	10 of 10	18
2010sbusiest	363	10 of 10	36
2020s	157	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 36 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lucien appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #666 in England and Wales in 2012.

Lucien's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#981	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#910	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#939	32	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#874	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#786	41	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#788	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#666	51	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1008	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#902	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#807	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #666, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 51 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 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.

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.

Luciano · #785, 29y
Lucie · #71, 31y
Lucille · #327, 41y
Lucinda · #238, 56y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Paloma · #667, 29y
Jemimah · #664, 29y
Alisia · #663, 29y
Rahela · #663, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Paloma · #667, 29y
Amrita · #664, 29y
Jemimah · #664, 29y
Alisia · #663, 29y

Lucien was ranked #666 in England and Wales · Boys in 2012. 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.

Lucien 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lucien without appearing here.

Lucien moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1280 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #807 and #1851.
Roger Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1511 and #1403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1008 and #1859.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1703 and #2501.
Brent Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1322 and #1322 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1011 and #1771.

Moved ahead of Lucien

Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1011 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1280 and #731.
Hunter Compare
In 2007 they stood at #902 and #926 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #1085.
Magnus Compare
In 1997 they stood at #874 and #1113 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1263 and #850.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1011 and #1188 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1280 and #875.

Moved the same way as Lucien

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lucien went from #1850 to #981 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lucien went from #1850 to #981 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lucien went from #1850 to #981 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Lucien went from #1850 to #981 and Rune from #2943 to #1460.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #666 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Lucien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Lucien by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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