Lucien
Top 1000
About Lucien
Sophisticated Gallic version of Lucian, Lucien may appeal to parents attracted to this meaning over that of Lucas and Luke, which have a different root, and also looking for a more unusual choice.
Lucien joined the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2023, given to over 200 baby boys.
As of October 2026, Lucien ranked #899 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #397 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #168.
Editor's take: The name Lucien is a boy's name of French origin meaning "light".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,221 | 150 | 78.1 |
| 2015 | #1,159 | 162 | 84.5 |
| 2016 | #1,113 | 176 | 92.7 |
| 2017 | #1,138 | 167 | 90.2 |
| 2018 | #1,185 | 161 | 88.6 |
| 2019 | #1,166 | 167 | 93.1 |
| 2020 | #1,090 | 182 | 105.4 |
| 2021 | #1,137 | 179 | 102.3 |
| 2022 | #1,082 | 202 | 115.7 |
| 2023 | #923 | 250 | 146.1 |
| 2024 | #912 | 255 | 148 |
| 2025 | #899 | 265 | 155.1 |
World rankings
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Famous Luciens
- Lucien Alphonse Paul Gaudin
French fencer
- Lucien Bouchard
Canadian politician; 27th Premier of Quebec
- Lucien Favre
Swiss footballer and manager
- (Marcel) Lucien Baroux
French actor
- Lucien Wolf
British journalist and historian
- Lucien Laurin
American racehorse trainer of Secretariat
- Lucien Bonaparte
Prince of Canino and Musignano; brother of Napoleon I of France
- Lucien Carr
American member of the Beat Generation
- Lucien Greaves
social activist
Lucien in pop culture
- Lucien Blake
character on Australian TV series The Doctor Blake Mysteries
- Lucien Dubenko
character on TV's ER
- Lucien aka Ditto
character in 'The Supernaturalists' by Eoin Colfer
- Lucien Wilbanks
character in A Time to Kill
- Lucien Lachance
character in The Elder Scrolls video games
- Lucien Castle
character on TV's "The Originals"
- Lucien Boswell
character in 1970s British television comedy 'The Liver Birds'
- Lucien Marlowe
genderqueer character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain