Lucette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loo-SET
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Lucette is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Lucette mean?
Latin: French diminutive of Luce, from lux 'light'
“light”
Lucette is Cinderella's name in Massenet's 1899 opera Cendrillon.
Is Lucette a girl's or a boy's name?
Lucette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lucette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Lucette, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1963, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Lucette in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lucette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
Nicknames for Lucette
- Lucy 494 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lucette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlotte Lucille Lucy Luna Clementine Marceline Vivienne Stella Solene Alice Juliette Estelle
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Julian Clara Anthony
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lucette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucette, updated 20 October 2026.