Girl's name
Lucia
Say it loo-SEE-uh
Latin origin from Lucy, light
3 syllables
Where Lucia is loved, common and rare
Loved in Spain. Common across Italy, three German cities, Northern Ireland and four more places. Rare in Austria, three other German cities, Ireland and ten more places.
1 in 251 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
Catalonia 10thItaly 65thMunich 70th
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Every place
In 26 of the 40 official lists, among them Catalonia (10th), Italy (65th) and Munich (70th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2nd 2024 | 2,830 | rank only |
| Catalonia region as Lucía | 10th 2025 | 240 | 1 in 80 |
| Italy | 65th 2024 | 591 | 1 in 303 |
| Munich city | 70th 2025 | 27 | about 1 in 155 |
| Northern Ireland | 71st 2025 | 29 | 1 in 251 |
| New South Wales state | 78th 2025 | 94 | rank only |
| New Zealand | 96th 2025 | 39 | rank only |
| Victoria state | 100th 2025 | 65 | rank only |
| Scotland | 100th 2025 | 44 | 1 in 407 |
| Austria | 106th 2025 | 63 | 1 in 567 |
| Berlin city | 107th 2023 | 33 | about 1 in 440 |
| Cologne city | 112th 2023 | 13 | about 1 in 473 |
| Ireland | 160th 2025 | 33 | 1 in 640 |
| England and Wales | 170th 2025 | 284 | 1 in 892 |
| Switzerland | 194th 2025 | 51 | 1 in 667 |
| France | 213th 2025 | 360 | 1 in 797 |
| British Columbia province | 223rd 2023 | 14 | about 1 in 854 |
| Ontario province | 243rd 2024 | 51 | about 1 in 1,068 |
| Quebec province | 266th 2025 | 21 | about 1 in 1,238 |
| Sweden | 303rd 2025 | 24 | about 1 in 1,674 |
| Poland | 308th 2025 | 14 | 1 in 8,556 |
| Norway | 337th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 2,180 |
| The Netherlands | 420th 2025 | 44 | about 1 in 1,387 |
| Leipzig city | 95th 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 437 |
| Bonn city | 99th 2025 | 8 | about 1 in 377 |
| Rostock city | 166th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 985 |
Rare, below the listed names: Queensland, South Australia, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); NISRA (Northern Ireland); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock). How we count, and every source
About the name
The Latinate form of Lucy, Lucia is today often borrowed from Italian. It is the name of a Sicilian martyr, St Lucia, and in Latin it is the feminine form of the Roman first name Lūcius. Through Lucy it carries the meaning 'light'.
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It has three syllables, loo-SEE-uh, in English. Lucía is an accented spelling, and Lucie, Lucija and Luzia are forms in other languages.
Lucia is the second most popular girls' name in Spain and a top-ten name in Catalonia, and it is used in Italy, Northern Ireland and New South Wales. The French records show its peak in 2025, and it is rising in 13 places while falling in only three.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- loo-SEE-uh, 3 syllables
- Meaning
- from Lucy,
light
- Origin
- Latin
- Other spellings
- Lucy
- Lucie
- Lucija
- Luce
- Lucja
- Luzia
- Luzie
- Lycia
- Luci
- Lucille
- Luzi
- Lleucu
- Lusia
- Lucida
- Llucia
- Llúcia
- Licia
Counted together here: Lucía.
Etymology
Latinate variant of Lucy, or today borrowed from modern Italian. Name of a Sicilian martyr, Latin Lūcia, feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lūcius.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 13 of 22 regions, falling in 3.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 203 | 211 | 206 | 202 | 198 | 224 | 198 | 190 | 176 | 170 |
| Scotland | 153 | 125 | 139 | 107 | 134 | 114 | 101 | 83 | 93 | 100 |
| Northern Ireland | 112 | 122 | 119 | 127 | 119 | 131 | 71 | 99 | 87 | 71 |
| Ireland | 137 | 121 | 155 | 156 | 115 | 136 | 128 | 85 | 135 | 160 |
| Ontario | 402 | 322 | 386 | 413 | 259 | 419 | 328 | 254 | 243 | |
| British Columbia | 209 | 225 | 133 | 409 | 272 | 231 | 116 | 223 | ||
| New South Wales | 84 | 75 | 78 | |||||||
| Victoria | 100 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 86 | 74 | 96 | |||||||
| Quebec | 730 | 360 | 413 | 410 | 339 | 404 | 370 | 403 | 273 | 266 |
| France | 337 | 335 | 335 | 354 | 323 | 333 | 299 | 278 | 209 | 213 |
| The Netherlands | 836 | 665 | 526 | 715 | 816 | 630 | 552 | 440 | 420 | |
| Austria | 115 | 112 | 121 | 116 | 133 | 108 | 133 | 141 | 126 | 106 |
| Switzerland | 188 | 271 | 390 | 243 | 286 | 219 | 220 | 244 | 233 | 194 |
| Berlin | 74 | 133 | 103 | 101 | 129 | 117 | 114 | 107 | ||
| Munich | 56 | 103 | 88 | 101 | 134 | 96 | 91 | 126 | 89 | 70 |
| Cologne | 67 | 125 | 123 | 154 | 181 | 112 | 104 | 112 | ||
| Bonn | 174 | 93 | 168 | 221 | 357 | 82 | 139 | 96 | 76 | 99 |
| Leipzig | 108 | 149 | 411 | 243 | 161 | 405 | 74 | 163 | 117 | 95 |
| Rostock | 184 | 107 | 99 | 141 | 60 | 187 | 158 | 166 | ||
| Norway | 381 | 367 | 419 | 393 | 353 | 489 | 478 | 337 | ||
| Sweden | 421 | 331 | 365 | 380 | 337 | 425 | 288 | 298 | 328 | 303 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Catalonia | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Italy | 55 | 56 | 62 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 65 | 67 | 65 | |
| Poland | 377 | 491 | 574 | 389 | 531 | 516 | 397 | 328 | 308 | |
| Slovenia | 221 | 227 | ||||||||
| Argentina | 20 | 19 | 18 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 170 | 284 | 112.1 |
| 2024 | 176 | 279 | 108.1 |
| 2023 | 190 | 262 | 102.1 |
| 2022 | 198 | 257 | 97.5 |
| 2021 | 224 | 224 | 81.7 |
| 2020 | 198 | 249 | 92.8 |
| 2019 | 202 | 243 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | 206 | 254 | 88.1 |
| 2017 | 211 | 247 | 82.6 |
| 2016 | 203 | 264 | 86.0 |
| 2015 | 181 | 303 | 98.4 |
| 2014 | 193 | 276 | 90.0 |
| 2013 | 169 | 312 | 101.1 |
| 2012 | 189 | 274 | 85.1 |
| 2011 | 185 | 276 | 85.9 |
| 2010 | 172 | 307 | 95.6 |
| 2009 | 205 | 247 | 78.8 |
| 2008 | 226 | 224 | 70.9 |
| 2007 | 202 | 261 | 85.3 |
| 2006 | 190 | 269 | 89.9 |
| 2005 | 240 | 189 | 65.6 |
| 2004 | 211 | 217 | 75.9 |
| 2003 | 247 | 178 | 63.9 |
| 2002 | 259 | 152 | 56.9 |
| 2001 | 303 | 121 | 45.2 |
| 2000 | 257 | 154 | 56.4 |
| 1999 | 331 | 99 | 35.1 |
| 1998 | 337 | 101 | 34.9 |
| 1997 | 307 | 117 | 39.9 |
| 1996 | 349 | 98 | 33.1 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Lucia in France since 1925 were born in or after 1997. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2025, at 125.5 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Lucia per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Lucia
1 in 754 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
1 in 166 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
1 in 571 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
1 in 1,509 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
1 in 95 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
1 in 1,278 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
1 in 729 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia. Ends in -ia, like Lucia.
1 in 197 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lucia.
Middle names for Lucia
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Lucia Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials LC
Changes the beat after Lucia: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Lucia Sophie
3-2 beats · initials LS
Changes the beat after Lucia: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Lucia Grace
3-1 beats · initials LG
Changes the beat after Lucia: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Lucia Olivia
3-4 beats · initials LO · Lucia slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lucia: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Lucia slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Lucia Mia
3-2 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lucia: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Lucia Ruby
3-2 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Lucia: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Lucia Rose
3-1 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Lucia: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 173 in Northern Ireland
Lucia Nora
3-2 beats · initials LN
Changes the beat after Lucia: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Lucia
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 311 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lucia across countries and decades.
1 in 166 in Northern Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lucia across countries and decades.
1 in 754 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lucia across countries and decades.
1 in 471 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Lucia across countries and decades.
1 in 424 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Lucia across countries and decades.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lucia across countries and decades.
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lucia across countries and decades.
1 in 491 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Lucia across countries and decades.
Famous people named Lucia
Lucía Etxebarría, Lucia Bosè, Lucía Pérez, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Lucia Popp, Lucia Berlin, Lúcia Moniz and Lucía Puenzo.
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Spanish writer born 1966
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Italian-born Spanish actress (1931-2020)
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Australian Model born 1985
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Spanish poet, journalist, sindicalist, anarchist and feminist (1895-1970)
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Slovak operatic soprano 1939 to 1993
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American writer 1936 to 2004
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Singer, actress born 1976
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Argentine writer and film director born 1973
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Lucia
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Lucia?
Her best rank is No. 2 in Spain in 2024. She is in the published lists of 26 of our 40 regions.
What does Lucia mean?
Lucia takes her meaning from Lucy: "light", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Lucia?
loo-SEE-uh, with 3 syllables.
Is Lucia getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 13 of 22 regions, falling in 3.
Which sister names go with Lucia?
The deck's top five sisters for Lucia: Helena, Clara, Sara, Ana and Eva. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.