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Lucky

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Lucky is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 86 births. Its best rank was 935th, in 1945.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
860.01% of boys
Peak year
202486 births
Best rank
#935in 1945
Since 1912
4,081people given the name
Babies named Lucky, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,513 boys have been named Lucky in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 86 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 2000s alone account for 16%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 568 girls have also been given it, 14% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Lucky
1910s37
1920s160
1930s114
1940s343
1950s355
1960s320
1970s243
1980s232
1990s385
2000s562
2010s458
2020s304

In 2024, its biggest year

Lucky was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Lucky

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.