Girl
Lucinda
As a girl's name, Lucinda is understood to mean "light". It is not as common as it was in the 1950s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1957.
LatinElaboration of Lucy, Latin "lux"
EtymologyMeaning "light"
Births by decade
1900s
1,035
1910s
1,642
1920s
1,715
1930s
1,384
1940s
4,367
1950s
8,996
1960s
6,698
1970s
3,642
1980s
2,201
1990s
1,112
2000s
1,389
2010s
1,336
Peaked in the 1950s · 35,517 total U.S. births since 1900