Fun Facts About the Name Luci
- More than 2 thousand babies named Luci: U.S. records list 2,864 babies given the name Luci from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Luci Mean?
Luci is a feminine given name meaning "light," from the Latin noun lux, whose genitive form is lucis. It is chiefly a shortened form of names built on that root, above all Lucia, and also Lucie, Lucinda, and Luciana. The short form takes its meaning from those longer names rather than adding one of its own; the final -i is a spelling of the ending, not a separate element with a sense of its own.
The Latin lux goes back to an Indo-European root for brightness or shining, seen in other old words for light such as Greek leukos, "bright, white." The Roman praenomen Lucius and its feminine Lucia are traditionally connected with the same word, though that link is a long-standing interpretation rather than a certainty. Luci itself is not a separate ancient name with a distinct etymology.
Luci Name History & Origins
The Latin name Lucia is the feminine form of Lucius, a Roman praenomen. Its best-known early bearer is Saint Lucia of Syracuse, a Christian martyred under the emperor Diocletian around 304. Her veneration spread from Sicily through Italy and the rest of Europe, and she appears in early calendars and litanies of saints. Her feast day, December 13, falls near the winter solstice and was long observed with lights in Scandinavia and elsewhere.
In England the name came into use after the Norman Conquest in the French form Lucie, which settled into English as Lucy. Lucia stayed the usual form in Italy, Spain, and Scandinavia, while Lucie remained standard in France. Luci is a shorter written form from within this group, used in English and in a few other European languages. In modern use it usually stands as a familiar form of Lucia, Lucinda, or Lucy, and it is also given as an independent name. It is used mainly for girls, though it can shorten masculine names such as Italian Luciano.
How Popular is the Name Luci?
Luci 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 2010. Its best rank was #1,197 in 1965.
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 | #2,877 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2024 | #2,903 | 57 | 0.0035% |
| 2023 | #2,602 | 68 | 0.0042% |
| 2022 | #2,808 | 61 | 0.0037% |
| 2021 | #2,243 | 83 | 0.0051% |
| 2020 | #2,209 | 82 | 0.0051% |
| 2019 | #2,583 | 68 | 0.0041% |
| 2018 | #2,426 | 74 | 0.0044% |
| 2017 | #2,732 | 63 | 0.0037% |
| 2016 | #2,610 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 2015 | #2,762 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2014 | #2,767 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2013 | #2,862 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2012 | #2,889 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2011 | #2,339 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 2010 | #2,084 | 95 | 0.0053% |
| 2009 | #2,366 | 82 | 0.0045% |
| 2008 | #2,603 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 2007 | #2,810 | 65 | 0.0034% |
| 2006 | #2,960 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2005 | #2,809 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 2004 | #3,110 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 2003 | #3,783 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2002 | #3,045 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2001 | #4,934 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2000 | #5,418 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #4,034 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #4,737 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #5,771 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #7,390 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #4,621 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #11,266 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #5,110 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1992 | #6,183 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #4,421 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1990 | #4,798 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1989 | #4,971 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1988 | #6,123 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #7,119 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #4,650 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1985 | #6,287 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #5,729 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #4,799 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #3,855 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1981 | #3,581 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1980 | #3,375 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1979 | #3,616 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1978 | #4,574 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #4,158 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1976 | #4,789 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1975 | #3,869 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1974 | #2,801 | 26 | 0.0018% |
| 1973 | #2,602 | 28 | 0.0019% |
| 1972 | #3,018 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1971 | #1,988 | 43 | 0.0026% |
| 1970 | #2,336 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1969 | #1,770 | 48 | 0.0028% |
| 1968 | #1,568 | 54 | 0.0033% |
| 1967 | #1,312 | 70 | 0.0042% |
| 1966 | #1,219 | 78 | 0.0046% |
| 1965 | #1,197 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 1964 | #1,824 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 1963 | #4,161 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #5,126 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #3,707 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #3,606 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1959 | #2,716 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1958 | #3,659 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1957 | #2,459 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1956 | #3,259 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1955 | #2,601 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1954 | #2,659 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1953 | #2,101 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1952 | #1,763 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1951 | #1,998 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1950 | #2,091 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1949 | #2,309 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1943 | #5,072 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1937 | #4,649 | 5 | 0.0005% |
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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