Lucretia
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Lucretia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “gain, profit”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Lucretia mean?
Latin
“gain, profit”
A female given name from Latin. The feminine form of Lucretius.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lucretia a girl's or a boy's name?
Lucretia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lucretia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Lucretia, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1974, with 190 girls.
2025 had more girls named Lucretia than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Lucretia in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lucretia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 65 | #2,067 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,948 |
| 1989 | 68 | #1,905 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,755 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,775 |
| 1986 | 76 | #1,571 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,620 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,633 |
| 1983 | 85 | #1,389 |
| 1982 | 117 | #1,171 |
| 1981 | 114 | #1,165 |
| 1980 | 104 | #1,250 |
| 1979 | 110 | #1,193 |
| 1978 | 125 | #1,063 |
| 1977 | 142 | #971 |
| 1976 | 144 | #909 |
| 1975 | 145 | #904 |
| 1974 | 190 | #746 |
| 1973 | 173 | #774 |
| 1972 | 173 | #792 |
| 1971 | 189 | #769 |
| 1970 | 177 | #789 |
| 1969 | 136 | #907 |
| 1968 | 133 | #893 |
| 1967 | 114 | #951 |
| 1966 | 161 | #774 |
| 1965 | 150 | #811 |
| 1964 | 172 | #793 |
| 1963 | 161 | #819 |
| 1962 | 168 | #806 |
| 1961 | 178 | #785 |
| 1960 | 179 | #761 |
| 1959 | 133 | #903 |
| 1958 | 121 | #936 |
| 1957 | 129 | #896 |
| 1956 | 143 | #825 |
| 1955 | 141 | #813 |
| 1954 | 143 | #781 |
| 1953 | 136 | #786 |
| 1952 | 110 | #877 |
| 1951 | 121 | #812 |
| 1950 | 134 | #741 |
| 1949 | 113 | #822 |
| 1948 | 125 | #763 |
| 1947 | 118 | #802 |
| 1946 | 126 | #720 |
| 1945 | 96 | #765 |
| 1944 | 119 | #685 |
| 1943 | 128 | #668 |
| 1942 | 152 | #603 |
| 1941 | 165 | #548 |
| 1940 | 146 | #579 |
| 1939 | 108 | #652 |
| 1938 | 88 | #731 |
| 1937 | 88 | #720 |
| 1936 | 92 | #695 |
| 1935 | 81 | #751 |
| 1934 | 66 | #839 |
| 1933 | 71 | #782 |
| 1932 | 104 | #656 |
| 1931 | 75 | #777 |
| 1930 | 68 | #867 |
| 1929 | 72 | #835 |
| 1928 | 87 | #765 |
| 1927 | 105 | #706 |
| 1926 | 107 | #696 |
| 1925 | 79 | #837 |
| 1924 | 92 | #777 |
| 1923 | 75 | #845 |
| 1922 | 87 | #780 |
| 1921 | 97 | #742 |
| 1920 | 101 | #720 |
| 1919 | 76 | #806 |
| 1918 | 92 | #743 |
| 1917 | 78 | #784 |
| 1916 | 89 | #721 |
| 1915 | 92 | #689 |
| 1914 | 61 | #736 |
| 1913 | 49 | #748 |
| 1912 | 51 | #704 |
| 1911 | 40 | #686 |
| 1910 | 29 | #794 |
| 1909 | 37 | #644 |
| 1908 | 35 | #649 |
| 1907 | 30 | #694 |
| 1906 | 30 | #661 |
| 1905 | 36 | #579 |
| 1904 | 33 | #586 |
| 1903 | 32 | #574 |
| 1902 | 28 | #623 |
| 1901 | 30 | #559 |
| 1900 | 28 | #676 |
| 1899 | 29 | #565 |
| 1898 | 26 | #631 |
| 1897 | 30 | #537 |
| 1896 | 31 | #538 |
| 1895 | 29 | #547 |
| 1894 | 31 | #516 |
| 1893 | 27 | #535 |
| 1892 | 32 | #479 |
| 1891 | 35 | #423 |
| 1890 | 32 | #462 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 |
| 1888 | 35 | #420 |
| 1887 | 27 | #424 |
| 1886 | 32 | #378 |
| 1885 | 34 | #341 |
| 1884 | 26 | #391 |
| 1883 | 35 | #294 |
| 1882 | 65 | #205 |
| 1881 | 52 | #208 |
| 1880 | 29 | #288 |
Names like Lucretia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Virginia, Sylvia, Loretta, Laura, Julia, Rosa, Celia, Antonia, Alma, Lucinda, Lavinia, Elizabeth
More Latin names
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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, “Lucretia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucretia, updated 20 October 2026.