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Lucien

#899 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Lucianus

Lucien has been given to 9,998 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #899 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 265 recorded.

Babies named Lucien, 2025

1 in 12,500

Lucien over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lucien: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Lucianus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lucien means

Lucien is a form of Lucianus.

Origin, language, and formation

Lucien is used in French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lucianus and Lucian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Lucien is pronounced /ly.sjɛ̃/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,993 boys were recorded with the name Lucien between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 265 in 2025; its best national rank was #397 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,091 in 2020 to #899 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,159 in 2015 to #899 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Lucien between 2006 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2006; its best national rank was #18,889 in 2006.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lucien?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,500
265 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,450
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#899
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,672 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lucien sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,672 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lucien. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Luciens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lucien was born before 1971 — so the typical Lucien is around 54 today.

Median birth year
1971
About 54 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
16.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,910
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 16.5% of all recorded uses (1,650).

Is Lucien 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
+8
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+192
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+260
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.64×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (265)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#397
1880

Spellings of Lucien

Lucien is not the most common spelling — Luciano is, with 24.4% against Lucien's 13.8%.

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.

Where Lucien is used

Across 2016–2025, Lucien was most concentrated in Oregon — about 1 in 3,030 boys, against 1 in 10,255 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

133 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oregon1 in 3,030
  2. 2New York1 in 4,762
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in 5,556
  4. 4Washington1 in 5,882
  5. 5California1 in 6,667
  6. 6Hawaii1 in 7,143
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 7,692
  8. 8Connecticut1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Lucien around the world

Where Lucien ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #822
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2010–2010
    #720
    in 2010
  • France
    1900–2025
    #80
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #808
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1953–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Lucien

People whose public names include Lucien, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lucien in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Lucien. Linked forms have their own page here.

LucianMounirLucianoLlucià

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Lucien by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#899
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 192
Best rank ever
#397
1880
Peak year
2025
265 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,993
Count in 2025
265

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#18,889
2006
Peak year
2006
5 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lucien

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

LuciusLucianLuccaLucioAdrienLucianoDarienLuciousJulienLuckyLucusJavienBrienDarrienDamienLuccasXavienLucDavienDorienZavienLucahLucaLucifer

Names with a curve like Lucien

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lucien, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

PalmerBenedictOrenFosterNobleHamptonWylieEmeryRansomBrunoAldenLeopold

Sibling names for Lucien

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

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