Lucetta
Lucetta is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Lucetta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lucetta is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Lucetta
The earliest SSA record of Lucetta as a baby girl name dates back to 1882, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 22 newborns named Lucetta — #1,630 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 23% of all recorded Lucettas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 558 Lucettas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lucetta
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About the name Lucetta
Lucetta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 558 births in the dataset. Lucetta's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #1,630. Use the chart and map above to compare Lucetta'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 .
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