Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lucille

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lucille
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

7,989

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

85.6%

2024

1,151

All-time

231,246

Lucille has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 7,989 girls were named Lucille.

In 2024, only 1,151 girls were given the name.

Down 85.6% from its peak.

All told, about 231,246 Americans have been named Lucille and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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