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Lucille

Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#2,856 for girls
US rank, 2025
#237 for girls

Lucille is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 237th for girls in the US (1,314 babies).

What does Lucille mean?

Latin

A female given name from French Lucille [in turn from Latin Lucilla], of 1910s US usage.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Lucille is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 1,314 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lucille in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,856th among girls
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Lucille, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 28 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Lucille than any year since 2005.

Half of all the girls named Lucille in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 28 in 20112025
Lucille in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
202416#1,881
202318#1,728
202217#1,794
202116#1,882
202010#2,566
201920#1,599
201825#1,375
201722#1,541
201618#1,781
201521#1,581
201425#1,377
201325#1,402
201222#1,516
201128#1,238
201016#1,829
200917#1,691
200815#1,840
200724#1,243
200613#1,860
20057#2,806
200415#1,561
200310#1,954
200215#1,399
20017#2,341
20009#1,942
199913#1,493
199818#1,199
199719#1,119
199612#1,520

How popular is Lucille in the US?

Rank in 2025
237th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,314 about 1 in 1,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 5% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,314 girls in the US were named Lucille, making it the 237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 274th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 7,989 girls.

2025 had more girls named Lucille than any year since 1954.

Half of all the girls named Lucille in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1941, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 7,989 in 19202025
Lucille in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,314#237
20241,156#274
20231,107#285
20221,135#278
20211,142#276
20201,139#274
20191,127#296
20181,125#295
20171,205#265
20161,134#280
20151,120#286
2014970#343
2013878#359
2012790#391
2011667#454
2010634#476
2009539#568
2008503#609
2007380#766
2006386#728
2005323#800
2004284#865
2003252#933
2002199#1,067
2001192#1,101
2000154#1,264
1999163#1,185
1998142#1,270
1997132#1,310
1996119#1,391
1995115#1,416
1994131#1,290
1993113#1,424
199289#1,684
199199#1,549
1990112#1,406
1989113#1,351
198896#1,438
198796#1,397
198697#1,346
198594#1,372
198499#1,272
1983123#1,106
1982109#1,221
1981100#1,277
1980126#1,097
1979105#1,232
197888#1,347
1977121#1,075
1976135#946
1975105#1,111
1974131#946
1973121#980
1972158#832
1971203#738
1970235#675
1969259#617
1968272#581
1967300#544
1966358#495
1965416#468
1964476#449
1963498#435
1962527#423
1961635#381
1960677#370
1959792#336
1958818#328
1957945#296
19561,048#261
19551,140#243
19541,330#220
19531,496#203
19521,451#200
19511,478#194
19501,550#180
19491,755#163
19481,853#154
19471,998#147
19461,957#137
19451,885#129
19441,983#132
19432,248#125
19422,300#118
19412,203#119
19402,271#113
19392,313#110
19382,480#106
19372,636#98
19362,632#92
19352,887#85
19342,947#84
19333,117#78
19323,650#63
19313,854#62
19304,327#59
19294,502#57
19285,094#51
19275,634#45
19265,760#43
19256,397#41
19246,744#37
19236,914#35
19227,151#33
19217,698#31
19207,989#29
19197,856#27
19187,902#29
19177,529#29
19167,241#30
19157,006#29
19145,320#30
19134,098#31
19123,763#32
19112,740#32
19102,692#31
19092,192#36
19082,080#38
19071,853#45
19061,676#46
19051,533#50
19041,351#53
19031,193#57
19021,087#61
1901894#70
19001,182#67
1899812#71
1898795#80
1897648#82
1896637#86
1895532#101
1894440#109
1893368#117
1892380#120
1891252#141
1890241#147
1889208#152
1888179#163
1887149#164
1886139#166
1885100#188
188494#187
188366#219
188285#171
188148#222
188040#247

Names like Lucille

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

Florence, Rose, Beatrice, Rosie, Lottie, Olive, Elsie, Alice, Mabel, Phoebe, Frankie, Clementine

Other spellings of Lucille

Lucile

Names related to Lucille

Lucila, Lucilia, Lucilla, Lucielle, Luciella, Lucillia

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Luna, Nora, 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, “Lucille: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucille, updated 20 October 2026.