Fun Facts About the Name Analucia
- 886 babies named Analucia: U.S. records list 886 babies given the name Analucia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Analucia Mean?
Analucia is a feminine compound name used mainly in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions. It means 'grace and light.' The first part, Ana, is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Anna, which comes from the Greek Anna and ultimately from the Hebrew Hannah (חַנָּה), meaning 'grace' or 'favor.' The second part, Lucia, comes from the Latin Lucia, the feminine form of Lucius, a Roman name related to lux (genitive lucis), meaning 'light.' The two elements are independent names with their own etymologies; Analucia does not add a separate root of its own. In Spanish the usual written form is two words, Ana Lucía, and in Portuguese it is Ana Lúcia. The single-word spelling Analucia keeps the same two components, and the Spanish accent on Lucía is commonly dropped when the name is joined.
Analucia Name History & Origins
Ana and Lucia reached the Iberian Peninsula by different paths. Ana continues the biblical name Hannah, the mother of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. The Greek form Anna appears in the New Testament, and the Latin form Anna became common in Christian Europe. Devotion to Saint Anne, traditionally the mother of Mary, was widespread in Catholic Europe, and the name appears in Spain and Portugal as Ana.
Lucia is a Latin name. It is the feminine of Lucius, a Roman family name tied to lux, 'light.' Saint Lucia of Syracuse, a Christian martyr traditionally dated to the persecution under Diocletian around 304, was venerated in Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Her name became Lucía in Spanish and Lúcia in Portuguese.
Two-part girls' names are traditional in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions, and Ana Lucía or Ana Lúcia can combine two saints' names or honor two relatives. The joined form Analucia belongs to this same custom. It is not an ancient name with a separate etymology; its development is the development of its two parts and of the practice of writing them together.
A modern fictional example is Ana Lucia Cortez in the television series Lost. That use is a later association and does not explain the name's origin or earlier history.
How Popular is the Name Analucia?
Analucia has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #2,784 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,824 | 60 | 0.0037% |
| 2024 | #3,636 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2023 | #3,528 | 44 | 0.0027% |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | 0.0034% |
| 2021 | #3,158 | 51 | 0.0031% |
| 2020 | #3,550 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2019 | #3,674 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2018 | #4,463 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #2,784 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2016 | #4,258 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #3,845 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #6,004 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #4,759 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #4,721 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2011 | #4,576 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #3,964 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2009 | #4,203 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2008 | #5,768 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2007 | #4,688 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #4,694 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #4,841 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2004 | #6,797 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #7,239 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2001 | #13,629 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #13,274 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #11,471 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #9,860 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #9,625 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #13,550 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #13,405 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #11,588 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,061 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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