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Lucia

Lucia means "light", according to etymological references. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2010s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Its single strongest year on record was 2017.

ItalianItalian/Spanish, Latin "lux"
EtymologyMeaning "light"
Births by decade
1900s
464
1910s
1,260
1920s
1,765
1930s
1,642
1940s
1,871
1950s
2,496
1960s
2,543
1970s
2,478
1980s
3,382
1990s
3,980
2000s
8,100
2010s
11,244
Peaked in the 2010s · 41,225 total U.S. births since 1900