Lucila comes from the Spanish tradition, meaning Light, shining, illuminating..
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How popular is Lucila?
1982peak year
Today, Lucila is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6879), with only about 18 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1982, 40 babies were given the name (ranked #2436 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. Lucila has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 2,458 babies have been registered as Lucila since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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