Lucy surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Lucy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,096 people carried this name — #10,405 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 95,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,005 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 196 people named Lucy.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Landes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Landes 37
Paris 21
Lot-et-Garonne 18
Yonne 17
Ardèche 15
Meurthe-et-Moselle 13
Guadeloupe 7
Aisne 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 53 people named Lucy live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 38
Namur 15

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

31 people named Lucy live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 20
Aargau 6
Fribourg 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Lucy in American newspapers,
1887–1913.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Lucy
The Salt Lake Herald 1908-12-27
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Lucy
El Paso Herald 1913-09-28
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Lucy
The Salt Lake Herald 1887-11-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 842,784 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lucy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Lucy
    Robert Lucy d. 1704
  • Spencer Lucy
    Spencer Lucy d. 1648
  • Davenport Lucy
    Davenport Lucy d. 1690
  • Kate Lucy d. 1931
  • Rebecca Chapman d. 1685
  • Spencer Lucy d. 1691

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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