as a First Name
From Old French Lucie, the vernacular form of Lucia. It is sometimes assumed that Lucy is a pet form of Lucinda, but there is no etymological justification for this assumption. It was in fairly widespread use in the Middle Ages, and increased greatly in popularity in the 18th century and again in the 1990s. In Ireland it serves as an Anglicized form of Irish Luíseach.
| 465th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 97,886
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 135,555
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Lucy per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
99.99%
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44%
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17%
30-54
30-54
7%
13-29
13-29
32%
0-12
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