Fun Facts About the Name Lucetta
- 563 babies named Lucetta: U.S. records list 563 babies given the name Lucetta from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lucetta Mean?
Lucetta is a feminine name formed as a diminutive of Lucia, the Latin feminine form of the Roman name Lucius. The traditional derivation connects Lucius and Lucia with Latin lux (genitive lucis), meaning "light." The ending -etta is an Italian diminutive suffix, so the literal sense of Lucetta is "little light" or "little Lucia." In English use, the name is often treated as a variant of Lucia or a diminutive of Lucy and glossed simply as "light."
Lucetta Name History & Origins
Lucetta belongs to the family of names derived from Lucia, a name spread through Christian Europe by Saint Lucia of Syracuse, a fourth-century martyr. The Italian diminutive suffix -etta appears in many feminine names, and Lucetta follows that pattern as a pet form of Lucia. The French Lucette, a diminutive of Lucie, is a close parallel rather than the source of the Italian or English name.
In English, Lucetta is familiar from Shakespeare's comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona, in which Lucetta is Julia's waiting woman. This literary appearance gives the name a recognizable association, but the name itself comes from the older Lucia tradition and is not an invention of the play.
How Popular is the Name Lucetta?
Lucetta recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1916. Its best rank was #864 in 1882.
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 | #16,329 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #16,661 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #16,733 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #13,270 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #5,610 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #7,141 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #5,820 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #5,565 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #4,496 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #4,846 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #5,271 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #4,636 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1950 | #5,776 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #3,303 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1948 | #5,695 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #3,899 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #3,555 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1945 | #4,958 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #4,977 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,600 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1941 | #2,481 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1940 | #2,876 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1938 | #2,847 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1937 | #3,068 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #4,588 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #2,664 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1933 | #3,623 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #3,181 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1931 | #4,154 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #4,337 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #2,065 | 17 | 0.0015% |
| 1928 | #2,459 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1927 | #3,446 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1926 | #3,767 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1925 | #2,083 | 19 | 0.0016% |
| 1924 | #2,613 | 14 | 0.0011% |
| 1923 | #2,325 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1922 | #3,276 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1921 | #2,720 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1920 | #3,244 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #2,334 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1918 | #2,450 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1917 | #2,269 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1916 | #1,658 | 22 | 0.0021% |
| 1915 | #2,478 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1914 | #2,551 | 9 | 0.0012% |
| 1913 | #2,257 | 9 | 0.0014% |
| 1912 | #2,833 | 6 | 0.0011% |
| 1910 | #1,582 | 10 | 0.0025% |
| 1909 | #2,118 | 6 | 0.0017% |
| 1907 | #2,249 | 5 | 0.0016% |
| 1906 | #1,858 | 6 | 0.0020% |
| 1905 | #1,489 | 8 | 0.0027% |
| 1904 | #1,582 | 7 | 0.0025% |
| 1903 | #1,177 | 10 | 0.0038% |
| 1902 | #1,181 | 10 | 0.0038% |
| 1900 | #1,666 | 7 | 0.0023% |
| 1899 | #1,745 | 5 | 0.0021% |
| 1898 | #1,224 | 9 | 0.0035% |
| 1896 | #1,733 | 5 | 0.0021% |
| 1895 | #1,521 | 6 | 0.0026% |
| 1894 | #1,108 | 9 | 0.0040% |
| 1890 | #1,440 | 5 | 0.0026% |
| 1882 | #864 | 6 | 0.0056% |
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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