Girl
Lucille
As a girl's name, Lucille traces back to Latin, where it is understood to mean "Light". It peaked back in the 1920s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. The name's best year yet was 1920.
LatinLight
LatinFrench form of Lucia
Births by decade
1900s
15,106
1910s
56,331
1920s
64,099
1930s
31,028
1940s
20,528
1950s
12,068
1960s
4,417
1970s
1,402
1980s
1,050
1990s
1,215
2000s
3,207
2010s
7,374
Peaked in the 1920s · 217,825 total U.S. births since 1900