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Lucilla

#9,228 in 2025Girls' name

From Latin Lūcilla; literal meaning unconfirmed

Lucilla has been given to 957 babies in the U.S. since 1898. In 2025 it ranked #9,228 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1955, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Lucilla, 2025

1 in 301,000

Lucilla over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lucilla: meaning, origin, and history

From Latin Lūcilla; literal meaning unconfirmed

Latin

What Lucilla means

Lucilla is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Latin Lūcilla, feminine diminutive form of the praenomen Lūcius.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Lucilla (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Lucilla is used in English and Latin. Its origins include Latin.

Lucilla comes through Latin Lūcilla.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Latin, Lucilla is pronounced [ɫuːˈkɪl.la].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 957 girls were recorded with the name Lucilla between 1898 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 1955; its best national rank was #1,430 in 1909.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,288 in 2020 to #9,228 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,265 in 2015 to #9,228 in 2025.

How common is Lucilla?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,228
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lucilla 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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lucilla. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lucillas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lucilla was born before 1954 — so the typical Lucilla is around 71 today.

Median birth year
1954
About 71 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
13.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
22.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
519
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Choose a decade

1920s — 13.8% of all recorded uses (132).

Is Lucilla 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
−2,928
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+60
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−963
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.79×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
57.9%
Peak was 1955 (19)
Years since peak
70
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,430
1909

Spellings of Lucilla

Lucilla is not the most common spelling — Lucille is, with 54.3% against Lucilla's 0.22%.

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 Lucilla is used

Across 1910–2025, Lucilla was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 226,026 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Lucilla has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lucilla around the world

Where Lucilla 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
    2011–2011
    #5,785
    in 2011
  • Ireland
    1971–1971
    #466
    in 1971
  • France
    1971–2022
    #6,703
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1957–2012
    #871
    in 2012

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

Lucilla by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,228
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 60
Best rank ever
#1,430
1909
Peak year
1955
19 that year
First recorded
1898
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
957
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Lucilla

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

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Sibling names for Lucilla

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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