Lucius
Boy · LOO-see-us · Latin
Lucius is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 1,128th for boys in the US (189 babies).
What does Lucius mean?
Latin: Roman first name
“light”
A classic Roman first name; Lucius Annaeus Seneca was the Stoic philosopher who advised Nero.
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- LOO-see-us
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Is Lucius a girl's or a boy's name?
Lucius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 189 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lucius in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Lucius, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 32 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lucius in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Lucius in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,099 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Lucius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,128among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 189about 1 in 9,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 189 boys in the US were named Lucius, making it the 1,128th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,222nd.
2025 had the most boys named Lucius of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Lucius in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lucius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 189 | #1,128 |
| 2024 | 135 | #1,387 |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,253 |
| 2022 | 161 | #1,220 |
| 2021 | 134 | #1,372 |
| 2020 | 154 | #1,222 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,287 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 124 | #1,408 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,183 |
| 2015 | 137 | #1,297 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,389 |
| 2013 | 125 | #1,352 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,407 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,331 |
| 2010 | 129 | #1,323 |
| 2009 | 130 | #1,331 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,348 |
| 2007 | 140 | #1,255 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,371 |
| 2004 | 70 | #1,782 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,088 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 34 | #2,062 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 40 | #1,515 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 46 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 46 | #1,391 |
| 1979 | 48 | #1,340 |
| 1978 | 49 | #1,286 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,304 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,520 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,253 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,348 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,296 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 59 | #946 |
| 1967 | 56 | #968 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1961 | 61 | #989 |
| 1960 | 59 | #995 |
| 1959 | 68 | #925 |
| 1958 | 61 | #968 |
| 1957 | 76 | #860 |
| 1956 | 72 | #879 |
| 1955 | 68 | #897 |
| 1954 | 60 | #951 |
| 1953 | 83 | #778 |
| 1952 | 76 | #804 |
| 1951 | 97 | #701 |
| 1950 | 76 | #783 |
| 1949 | 87 | #737 |
| 1948 | 90 | #704 |
| 1947 | 81 | #763 |
| 1946 | 71 | #785 |
| 1945 | 73 | #709 |
| 1944 | 60 | #810 |
| 1943 | 105 | #615 |
| 1942 | 62 | #821 |
| 1941 | 78 | #694 |
| 1940 | 70 | #729 |
| 1939 | 85 | #642 |
| 1938 | 94 | #613 |
| 1937 | 81 | #661 |
| 1936 | 63 | #767 |
| 1935 | 72 | #716 |
| 1934 | 66 | #751 |
| 1933 | 78 | #664 |
| 1932 | 105 | #579 |
| 1931 | 70 | #733 |
| 1930 | 85 | #678 |
| 1929 | 80 | #689 |
| 1928 | 97 | #621 |
| 1927 | 118 | #567 |
| 1926 | 118 | #567 |
| 1925 | 101 | #628 |
| 1924 | 118 | #585 |
| 1923 | 106 | #616 |
| 1922 | 132 | #546 |
| 1921 | 134 | #540 |
| 1920 | 138 | #521 |
| 1919 | 142 | #499 |
| 1918 | 135 | #515 |
| 1917 | 111 | #557 |
| 1916 | 151 | #462 |
| 1915 | 119 | #509 |
| 1914 | 105 | #472 |
| 1913 | 90 | #456 |
| 1912 | 91 | #404 |
| 1911 | 37 | #481 |
| 1910 | 48 | #370 |
| 1909 | 43 | #357 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 |
| 1907 | 40 | #341 |
| 1906 | 36 | #346 |
| 1905 | 37 | #329 |
| 1904 | 30 | #368 |
| 1903 | 25 | #393 |
| 1902 | 36 | #326 |
| 1901 | 30 | #325 |
| 1900 | 40 | #343 |
| 1899 | 27 | #346 |
| 1898 | 28 | #364 |
| 1897 | 37 | #299 |
| 1896 | 27 | #367 |
| 1895 | 28 | #347 |
| 1894 | 30 | #322 |
| 1893 | 29 | #323 |
| 1892 | 34 | #319 |
| 1891 | 21 | #377 |
| 1890 | 30 | #316 |
| 1889 | 26 | #348 |
| 1888 | 34 | #308 |
| 1887 | 24 | #333 |
| 1886 | 30 | #311 |
| 1885 | 39 | #266 |
| 1884 | 31 | #314 |
| 1883 | 25 | #331 |
| 1882 | 42 | #265 |
| 1881 | 38 | #257 |
| 1880 | 38 | #273 |
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