Lucinda
Feminine · “light”
Lucinda is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 38,401 girls against 11 boys since 1880.
Lucinda is light with an eighteenth-century ending. Lucia is the Latin original; the -inda was added by writers who wanted something longer and more ornamental, and it stuck.
How old is the name Lucinda?
Lucinda was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Lucinda alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 27,000 people named Lucinda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lucinda most popular?
Lucinda peaked in 1881, reaching #153 nationally. Today it ranks #1747, 1,594 places below that high. See the whole 1881 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lux to Lucinda
The story of Lucinda
Cervantes used Lucinda in Don Quixote in 1605, and English writers of the following century took it up as one of a set of ornamental -inda names — Belinda, Clarinda, Dorinda, Melinda, Lucinda. Several passed from the page into parish registers. Lucinda entered ordinary English use in the eighteenth century and peaked in America around 1880, with a smaller revival in the 1970s.
Meaning
light
From the Latin lux, 'light', through Lucia and Lucius. Roman practice connected the name to children born at daybreak. The -inda ending is an early modern literary addition, borrowed from Belinda and Clarinda, and carries no meaning of its own.
How the name formed
- lux
- Lucia
- Lucinda
Related forms: Lucinda · Lucinda · Lucia
Pronouncing Lucinda
loo-SIN-duh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Spanish and Portuguese say it the same way.
Nicknames for Lucinda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 19571,025 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #153reached in 1881
- Change vs 2022
- +7.4%116 in 2025, from 108
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lucinda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lucinda in Spanish — same name
- Lucinda in Portuguese — same name
- Lucia in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Ohio.
Lucindas among us
people named Lucinda are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,856 born in 2025 was named Lucinda
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Lucinda sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lucinda is headed
Lucinda should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lucinda beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lucinda in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The light meaning is transparent, undisputed and attractive.
- Lucy and Cindy are two short forms at completely different registers.
- It has a documented literary history going back to Cervantes.
- The -inda ending is an early modern ornament rather than part of the original name.
- It is period-coded twice over, to the 1880s and the 1970s.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lucindas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 27,000 people named Lucinda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lucinda in 2025?
- Lucinda ranks #1747 among US girl names in 2025, with 116 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lucinda?
- About 1 in every 13,856 US girls born in 2025 was named Lucinda — 116 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lucinda with classmates?
- Lucinda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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