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Lucien

Gender
Boy
Say it
LOO-see-en
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#842 for boys
US rank, 2025
#897 for boys

Lucien is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 842nd for boys in the UK (42 babies) and 897th for boys in the US (265 babies).

What does Lucien mean?

Latin: French form of Lucianus

“light”

French form of Lucian; Lucien Bonaparte was a younger brother of Napoleon.

Is Lucien a girl's or a boy's name?

Lucien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the UK and 265 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lucien in the UK?

Rank in 2025
842nd among boys
Babies in 2025
42 about 1 in 7,100 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 42 boys in the UK were named Lucien, making it the 842nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 54 boys.

2025 had more boys named Lucien than any year since 2018.

Half of all the boys named Lucien in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 132 boys in the UK were given Lucien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #369, up from #842 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 822nd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 54 in 20122025
Lucien in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202542#842
202431#1,041
202334#986
202236#939
202134#977
202029#1,054
201934#951
201842#842
201736#936
201640#863
201527#1,112
201436#905
201339#860
201254#695
201131#993
201034#927
200929#1,008
200816#1,490
200729#953
200619#1,207
200529#866
200414#1,348
200318#1,081
200211#1,384
200116#1,054
20007#1,775
19996#1,941
199810#1,346
199717#941
199616#940

How popular is Lucien in the US?

Rank in 2025
897th among boys
Babies in 2025
265 about 1 in 6,400 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 52% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 265 boys in the US were named Lucien, making it the 897th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,086th.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Lucien of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the boys named Lucien in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 935 boys in the US were given Lucien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #360, up from #897 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 265 in 20252025
Lucien in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025265#897
2024258#907
2023250#921
2022202#1,078
2021179#1,135
2020182#1,086
2019167#1,162
2018161#1,181
2017167#1,138
2016176#1,110
2015162#1,157
2014150#1,218
2013173#1,080
2012161#1,135
2011164#1,117
2010169#1,116
2009152#1,186
2008145#1,211
2007141#1,246
2006150#1,137
2005113#1,333
200487#1,528
200369#1,746
200269#1,691
200181#1,498
200052#1,964
199934#2,556
199843#2,123
199738#2,225
199630#2,530
199520#3,298
199440#2,036
199331#2,393
199232#2,298
199135#2,089
199034#2,123
198936#1,988
198834#1,904
198727#2,165
198625#2,224
198542#1,543
198434#1,689
198329#1,863
198242#1,486
198133#1,725
198042#1,475
197935#1,633
197834#1,616
197733#1,645
197625#1,931
197530#1,657
197435#1,471
197328#1,653
197233#1,473
197135#1,441
197033#1,461
196932#1,414
196839#1,217
196741#1,165
196628#1,449
196529#1,428
196438#1,262
196333#1,353
196223#1,668
196145#1,178
196037#1,294
195941#1,211
195848#1,103
195753#1,040
195647#1,105
195553#1,032
195457#984
195354#974
195253#980
195147#1,039
195065#843
194973#802
194878#765
194785#746
194684#711
194557#830
194476#712
194375#746
194277#732
194173#723
194067#751
193963#763
193861#784
193747#906
193662#774
193554#850
193498#595
193376#677
193273#729
193198#590
1930107#579
192982#678
192897#621
1927145#502
1926142#510
1925132#534
1924129#553
1923158#485
1922137#535
1921141#525
1920122#559
1919129#524
1918118#552
1917119#532
1916147#472
1915125#493
191489#520
191378#492
191248#584
191136#489
191022#621
190930#462
190814#712
190714#699
190613#674
190518#549
190410#760
190316#550
190219#490
19018#778
190013#698
189914#521
18989#743
189713#584
189614#551
189513#579
189412#594
189313#538
189210#687
189112#524
189010#629
188912#549
188816#484
188711#544
18868#694
188514#498
188411#570
188311#556
188215#469
188111#533
188019#392

Names like Lucien

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Leo, Oliver, Felix, Lorenzo, Theodore, Harrison, Louie, Ollie, Reuben, Roman, Jasper, Leon

Other spellings of Lucien

Lucian

Names related to Lucien

Luciano, Lucan, Lucciano, Luchiano

More Latin names

Olivia, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Lucien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucien, updated 20 October 2026.