Lucrezia
A feminine name of Latin origin meaning "light bringer" or "born at daybreak".
Name Census estimates that about 261 living Americans carry the first name Lucrezia. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Lucrezia today is around 32 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Lucrezia births was 2013 (17 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Lucrezia. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Lucrezia with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
261
~ 1 in 1,313,235 Americans
Peak year
2013
17 babies that year
Average age
32
years old
2024 SSA rank
#8,214
Tracked since 1914
Census
Lucrezia in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 501 people with the first name Lucrezia, which placed it at #20,571 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#20,571
National first-name rank
People counted
501
501 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
80.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Lucrezia
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lucrezia is White at 80.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (10.2%) and Black (5.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Lucrezia described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Lucrezia at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White80.0% · 401
- Hispanic or Latino10.2% · 51
- Black or African American5.0% · 25
- Two or more races3.0% · 15
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.4% · 7
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 2
Popularity
Lucrezia: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Lucrezia from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 11 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 88 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Lucrezia remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lucrezia by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Lucrezia during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Lucrezias live
Origin
Meaning and history of Lucrezia
Lucrezia is a feminine given name of Latin origin. It is derived from the ancient Roman name Lucretia, which itself comes from the Latin word "lucrum" meaning "profit" or "wealth". The name was popular among the ancient Romans, particularly the patrician class.
The earliest known bearer of the name Lucretia was the semi-legendary figure from ancient Roman history, Lucretia, who lived in the late 6th century BCE. According to the Roman historian Livy, Lucretia was a noblewoman whose rape by Sextus Tarquinius, son of the tyrannical king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was the incident that sparked the Roman revolution that overthrew the monarchy and established the Roman Republic.
In the Middle Ages, the name Lucrezia became popular in Italy, particularly among the noble and wealthy families of Renaissance Italy. One of the most famous bearers of the name was Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519), the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and a member of the notorious Borgia family. Lucrezia was a prominent figure of the Italian Renaissance and was renowned for her beauty, intelligence, and involvement in the political intrigues of her time.
Another notable Lucrezia from the Renaissance period was Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1425-1482), an Italian noblewoman and poet who was a member of the powerful Medici family of Florence. She was the mother of Lorenzo de' Medici, the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic.
In the 16th century, the name was borne by Lucrezia Marinella (1571-1653), an Italian writer and feminist who advocated for women's education and equal rights. She was one of the earliest and most influential proponents of women's rights in Europe.
More recently, the name Lucrezia has been carried by Lucrezia Zaina (1909-1996), an Italian opera singer who performed as a mezzo-soprano in the mid-20th century, and Lucrezia Reichlin (born 1954), an Italian economist and academic who has served as the Director of Research at the European Central Bank.
While the name Lucrezia has ancient roots and has been borne by many notable historical figures, it has not been as widely used in modern times as some other Italian names. However, it remains a beautiful and distinctive name with a rich cultural and historical heritage.
People
Lucrezia + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Lucrezia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Lucrezia: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lucrezia?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 261 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Lucrezia going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,313,235 US residents.
Is Lucrezia a common name?
We classify Lucrezia as "Very Rare". It ranks above 77.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 374 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Lucrezia most popular?
The single biggest year for Lucrezia was 2013, when 17 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Lucrezia is about 32 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Lucrezia in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 501 people with the name Lucrezia, or 0.17 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #20,571 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Lucrezia in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Lucrezia?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Lucrezia appears almost entirely female. Of the 500 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Lucrezia?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lucrezia is White at 80.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (10.2%) and Black (5.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Lucrezia most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Lucrezia in the 2020 Census, accounting for 80.0% (401 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Lucrezia in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Lucrezia a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Lucrezia in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Lucrezia still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Lucrezia in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Lucrezia can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Lucrezia?
See how many Americans are named Lucrezia on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.