Loucinda

Girls' name

Variant of Lucinda

Loucinda has been given to 236 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1968, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Loucinda, 1988

1 in 739,000

Loucinda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Loucinda: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lucinda

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Loucinda means

Loucinda is a variant of Lucinda.

Origin, language, and formation

Loucinda is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lucinda.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 236 girls were recorded with the name Loucinda between 1914 and 1988. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1968; its best national rank was #3,591 in 1947.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Loucinda?

Loucinda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1988, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1988: 1 in 739,000; 5 of 3,694,212 births
Among girls only: 1 in 356,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1988: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 512,128 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Loucinda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1988 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 512,128 children born in 1988 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Loucinda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Loucindas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Loucinda was born before 1963 — so the typical Loucinda is around 62 today.

Median birth year: 1963; About 62 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 36.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 49.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 204; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 36.4% of all recorded uses (86).

Is Loucinda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1968 (14)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,591; 1947

Spellings of Loucinda

Loucinda is not the most common spelling — Lucinda is, with 81.4% against Loucinda's 0.50%.

Lucinda81.4%38,401
Lorinda9.9%4,682
Lucina3.4%1,619
Laurinda2.8%1,343
Lacinda2.0%922
Loucinda0.50%236

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Loucinda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,591; 1947
Peak year: 1968; 14 that year
First recorded: 1914
Last recorded: 1988
All-time count: 236
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Loucinda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Louretta Lourinda Louvinia Loucille Louellen Lourene Louelle Louvina Lounette Louisiana Lourine Loukisha Loujain Louanna Deolinda Mirranda Darlinda Lougenia Tashanda Louna Louetta Shalinda Shelonda Lounell

Sibling names for Loucinda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nichelle Aretha Brigette Josette Shelli Shannan Cami Missy

For a brother

Kraig Kelley Stacey Thad Tracey Jacques Deron Judd

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