Lucia
Top 1000
About Lucia
Lucia is a lush, rich Latinate equivalent of Lucy, popular in Spain and throughout Latin America and also a cross-cultural favorite. You might be surprised to know that Lucia has ALWAYS ranked among the Top 1000 girl names in the US, though she's really taken off only since the turn of this century.
Derived from lux, the Latin word for light. Lucia is considered to be the feminine form of Lucius. Due to its connection to light, Lucia was traditionally given to babies born as daylight was breaking.
A variety of references include Santa Lucia, a fourth century martyr who was revered in the Middle Ages and the Caribbean island named for her, and the tragic opera Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti.
Lucia has for several years ranked as the Number 1 name in Spain. It was chosen for their daughters by James Joyce, Mira Sorvino, Giovanni Ribisi, Mel Gibson, and Sasha Alexander and Eduardo Pointi, among others.
Pronounced LOO-shuh.
As of October 2026, Lucia ranked #83 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #143.
Editor's take: The name Lucia is a girl's name of Spanish, Italian, Latin origin meaning "light".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #231 | 1,435 | 803.3 |
| 2015 | #227 | 1,452 | 813.4 |
| 2016 | #213 | 1,523 | 859.5 |
| 2017 | #185 | 1,661 | 962.1 |
| 2018 | #183 | 1,612 | 947.6 |
| 2019 | #158 | 1,819 | 1,083.8 |
| 2020 | #160 | 1,752 | 1,083.8 |
| 2021 | #136 | 2,025 | 1,234.1 |
| 2022 | #126 | 2,222 | 1,354.8 |
| 2023 | #109 | 2,442 | 1,521.9 |
| 2024 | #98 | 2,658 | 1,640.5 |
| 2025 | #83 | 3,012 | 1,874 |
World rankings
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Lucia on lists
Famous Lucias
- Lucia Maria Raniera
Princess of Bourbon,Two Sicilies; Duchess of Genoa; Duchess of Ancona
- Lucia Cifarelli
American lead singer of band KMFDM
- Lucía Etxebarría
Spanish novelist
- Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (born Elizabetta Lucia Bartolozzi)
British actress and theatre manager
- Lucia Galeazzi Galvani
Italian scientist
- Lucia Popp
Slovakian operatic soprano
- Lucia Micarelli
American violinist
- Lucia Anger
German skier
- Lucia Joyce
daughter of novelist James Joyce
- Lucia Chase
American ballerina; cofounder of American Ballet Theatre
- Lucia Roberta "Lucy" Tough Bronze
English football player
- Lucía "Lucy" Vives (b. 1996)
daughter of Colombian singer Carlos Vives
- Lucia Santina Ribisi (b. 1997)
daughter of actor Giovanni Ribisi
- Lucia Colosimo (b. 2002)
daughter of actors Jane Hall and Vince Colosimo
- Lucia de la Calle (b. 2003)
daughter of singer Natalie Merchant and Daniel de la Calle
- Lucia Sofia Ponti (b. 2006)
daughter of actress Sasha Alexander and Eduardo Ponti
- Lucia Sanders (b. 2007)
daughter of TV personality Ed Sanders; triplet of sisters Scarlette and Azure
- Lucia Gibson (b. 2009)
daughter of actor Mel Gibson
- Lucia Rose Mariano (b. 2009)
daughter of reality TV's Rob and Amber Mariano
- Lucia Bella Benet (b. 2011)
daughter of musician Eric Benet
- Lucia Backus (b. 2012)
daughter of actors Mira Sorvino and Christopher Backus
- Lucia Gotch
daughter of actress Alexandra Pigg and producer Tarquin Gotch
- Lucia Stella Florez (b. 2014)
daughter of tenor Juan Diego Florez
- Lucia Martine Intal (b. 2015)
daughter of actress Bianca Gonzalez and basketball player J.C. Intal
- Lucia Martin
Yosef (b. 2018), daughter of Pueto Rican singer, actor, & author Ricky Martin & Syrian,Swedish artist Jwan Yosef
Lucia in pop culture
- Lucia "Lucy" Honeychurch
main character in the novel A Room With A View
- "Lucia di Lammermoor
" opera by Gaetano Donizetti and its main character
- Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas
character in the Mapp and Lucia series by E.F. Benson
- Lucia
what Capt Gregg calls Lucy Muir in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"
- Lucia
a Gamemaker in The Hunger Games movie (not mentioned in the novel)
- Lucia Damora
character in Morgan Rhodes' "Falling Kingdoms"
- Lucia
character in video games Contra and Neo Contra
- Lucia Morgan
character in video game Final Fight 3
- Lucia
character in the Fire Emblem video games
- Lucia Raregroove
character in manga/anime series "Rave Master"
- Lucia
character in video games Suikoden II and III
- Lucia von Bardas
character in Marvel Comics
- Lucia
character in video game "Pangya"
- Lucia
character in video game "Lunar: Eternal Blue"
- Lucia Nanami
main character in manga/anime "Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch"
- Queen Lucia
character on TV's "Elena of Avalor"
- Can also be pronounced LUTZ
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- Lucia Volnero
character in the Waterfire Saga by Jennifer Donnelly
- Lucia Martinez/ Alvarez
Character in "Daisy Jones & The Six"