Lucila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loo-SEE-la
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Lucila is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Lucila mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Lucilla, a pet form of Lucia
“light”
Is Lucila a girl's or a boy's name?
Lucila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lucila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Lucila, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1982, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Lucila in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lucila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 40 | #2,414 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,614 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 29 | #2,801 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,439 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,079 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,667 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 25 | #2,413 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,800 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,706 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,910 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,145 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,874 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
Nicknames for Lucila
- Lucy 494 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lucila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marina Diana Angela Liana Priscilla Maria Monica Joanna Luana Serena Francesca Esmeralda
Names related to Lucila
Lucille Lucile Lucilia Lucelia Lucilla Lucielle Luciella Lucillia
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Lucila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucila, updated 20 October 2026.