Spellings

Lucy or Lucie?

In the US in 2025, 96% of babies in this name family were spelled Lucy and 3% Lucie. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Lucy already led in 2015, with 95% of the family's births; it has 96% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,780 to 6,442 births (+35%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Lucy4,5586,176+35%
Lucie158207+31%
Luci6459−8%

How they sound

  • Lucy /ˈlusi/ (LOO-see)
  • Lucie /ˈlusi/ (LOO-see)
  • Luci /ˈluːsiː/ (LOO-see)

In France

In France in 2025: Lucy 175 births (#305 among girls) and Lucie 1,015 births (#43 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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