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Lucinda

Gender
Girl
Say it
loo-SIN-da
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,368 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,747 for girls

Lucinda is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 1,747th for girls in the US (116 babies).

What does Lucinda mean?

Latin: elaboration of Lucia

“light”

An elaboration of Lucia, from Latin lux, 'light'; it appears in Cervantes's novel Don Quixote.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Lucinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 116 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lucinda in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,368th among girls
Babies in 2025
24 about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 81% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Lucinda, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 145 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lucinda in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 145 in 19972025
Lucinda in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202524#1,368
202416#1,881
202327#1,285
202216#1,873
202113#2,202
20207#3,274
201912#2,275
201818#1,739
201715#2,011
201626#1,361
201528#1,276
201430#1,209
201328#1,296
201236#1,058
201144#887
201053#753
200947#813
200853#733
200756#678
200657#638
200562#581
200437#814
200353#608
200258#562
200174#456
200079#439
199998#373
1998121#325
1997145#282
1996135#298

How popular is Lucinda in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,747th among girls
Babies in 2025
116 about 1 in 14,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 116 girls in the US were named Lucinda, making it the 1,747th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 1,025 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lucinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 1,025 in 19572025
Lucinda in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025116#1,747
2024121#1,681
2023107#1,865
2022108#1,870
2021126#1,652
2020132#1,587
2019130#1,629
2018132#1,616
2017154#1,460
2016192#1,267
2015143#1,545
2014144#1,519
2013165#1,397
2012187#1,279
2011165#1,382
2010191#1,253
2009166#1,414
2008183#1,339
2007166#1,424
2006137#1,574
2005128#1,589
2004117#1,653
2003128#1,521
2002145#1,337
2001112#1,626
2000110#1,600
1999135#1,327
199874#2,010
1997113#1,454
199693#1,639
199592#1,610
199498#1,561
1993103#1,516
1992109#1,449
1991136#1,240
1990158#1,101
1989170#1,006
1988156#1,032
1987163#970
1986200#832
1985231#749
1984228#723
1983231#720
1982244#710
1981293#619
1980287#634
1979265#659
1978252#644
1977242#659
1976287#572
1975319#540
1974349#503
1973359#490
1972420#447
1971527#407
1970624#381
1969756#329
1968593#374
1967504#416
1966522#405
1965613#369
1964689#360
1963679#369
1962721#354
1961812#330
1960808#331
1959823#328
1958899#298
19571,025#272
1956923#294
1955846#299
1954997#264
1953978#260
1952908#265
1951797#278
1950792#272
1949843#265
1948752#279
1947596#319
1946410#374
1945360#371
1944314#404
1943334#400
1942282#429
1941273#417
1940203#471
1939169#514
1938157#544
1937156#529
1936128#586
1935141#540
1934132#559
1933120#588
1932128#580
1931111#628
1930141#574
1929159#540
1928157#558
1927139#603
1926163#554
1925179#532
1924164#570
1923201#488
1922184#515
1921168#547
1920201#483
1919188#489
1918185#499
1917186#480
1916215#427
1915182#455
1914138#466
1913159#381
1912146#379
1911120#367
1910123#357
1909103#357
1908112#336
1907105#340
1906106#328
1905107#324
1904101#323
190392#322
190291#324
190195#305
1900123#298
189994#304
1898118#281
189796#295
1896124#256
189598#282
1894104#271
189387#289
1892122#239
189198#244
1890101#246
188984#256
188897#234
188792#216
188690#210
188584#215
188486#201
188392#174
188293#166
188188#153
188063#193

Nicknames for Lucinda

Names like Lucinda

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

Rosa, Laura, Lola, Lucy, Anna, Louisa, Rosanna, Victoria, Julia, Lydia, Flora, Loretta

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Julian, Clara

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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, “Lucinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucinda, updated 20 October 2026.