Lucija

#9,841 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Lucia

Lucija has been given to 48 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #9,841 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Lucija, 2025

1 in 332,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lucija: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Lucia

Latin

What Lucija means

Lucija is a form of Lucia.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lucija → Lucia → Lucy. The family’s meaning is “light”, recorded in English with the source elements lux.

Origin, language, and formation

Lucija is used in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene. Its origins include Latin.

Lucija comes through Latin Lūcia.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lucia and Lucy.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Serbo-Croatian, Lucija is pronounced /lǔt͡sija/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 48 girls were recorded with the name Lucija between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2025; its best national rank was #9,841 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,556 in 2020 to #9,841 in 2025.

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 Lucija?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,841; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lucija 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 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lucija. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lucijas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lucija was born before 2019 — so the typical Lucija is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 45.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 48; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 45.8% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Lucija 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: +6,715; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (10)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,841; 2025

Spellings of Lucija

Lucija is not the most common spelling — Lucia is, with 31.0% against Lucija's 0.03%.

Lucia31.0%59,335
Lucinda20.1%38,401
Lucile18.3%34,887
Luciana8.7%16,629
Luisa7.5%14,372
Lucie4.1%7,749
Lupita3.0%5,770
Luci1.5%2,865

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.

Lucija around the world

Where Lucija 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
2007–2007
#5,201
in 2007
South Australia
1950–2012
#871
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lucija by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,841
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 6,715
Best rank ever: #9,841; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 10 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 48
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Lucija

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

Luccia Lucee Lucian Lucyna Luce Lamija Adrija Lucely Shrija Hadija Lucine Lucil Lucey Lucymae Lucchese Lucenda Lucilia Lucelia Luciann Luciella Lucella Lucillia Luchana Lucynda

Sibling names for Lucija

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

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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