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Baby name
Lucy
Girl
Origin of the name
Lucy comes from the Latin Lucia, linked to lux, “light.” Saint Lucy is a martyr of Syracuse.
Comeback name
236,969births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 24rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Lucy are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lucy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lucy is most common in New Mexico (2.4 times), Utah (2.1) and Alaska (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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