Girl · #4,250 in 2026

Lucene

Name: Popularity of the name Lucene in U.S. births, 1880–2026
Creator: U.S. Social Security Administration
License: https://www.ssa.gov/foia/
Keywords: Lucene, baby name, popularity, U.S., SSA, rankings

Apache Lucene is a free and open-source search engine software library, originally written in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and is released under the Apache Software License. Lucene is widely used as a standard foundation for production search applications.

Current Rank

#4,250

Peak Rank

#3,134 (1915)

Total Babies

5-Yr Trend

Stable

1915

First Year

1939

Last Year

1915

Peak Year

#3134

Peak Rank

Total Count

Years Active

Meaning & Origin of Lucene

What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.

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Origin & history

Doug Cutting originally wrote Lucene in 1999. Lucene was his fifth search engine. He had previously written two while at Xerox PARC , one at Apple , and a fourth at Excite . It was initially available for download from its home at the SourceForge web site. It joined the Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta family of open-source Java products in September 2001 and became its own top-level Apache project in February 2005. The name Lucene is Doug Cutting's wife's middle name and her maternal grandmother's first name. Lucene formerly included a number of sub-projects, such as Lucene.NET, Mahout ,

The Story of Lucene

Lucene first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1915, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 8 Lucenes were born — ranking #3,134 that year. As of 2026, Lucene ranks #4,250 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 13 Lucenes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.

Popularity Over Time

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Names that sound like Lucene

Phonetically similar names — useful when Lucene is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.

Leucine
Loosen
Lysine
Lycine
Listen
Lesson
Lucy
Loosing
Lessen
Lawson
Losin
Liason

Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.

Frequently Asked Questions about Lucene

What does the name Lucene mean?

How popular is Lucene in 2026?

In 2026, Lucene ranks #4,250 among girls' names in the U.S., with 5 babies given the name that year.

When was Lucene most popular?

Lucene reached its peak popularity in 1915, ranking #3,134 that year with 8 babies given the name.

Is Lucene a unisex name?

In U.S. Social Security records, Lucene is primarily a girl's name. We don't have meaningful data for it as a boy's name.

What names go well with Lucene?

Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Lucene include Magie, Emil, Gladyse. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data.

About the name Lucene

Lucene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 13 births in the dataset. Lucene's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #3,134. Use the chart and map above to compare Lucene's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.

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Data sources

Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .

Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.