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Name meaning & stats

Lucien

Lucien means “light” (Latin origin). 6,660 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.

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What it means

“light”

LatinSpelling of Lucian

In US birth records

Peak year: 2025

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6,660 US babies were named Lucien between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Lucien (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 3 Lucians spell it Lucien

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2025)