Is Lucy too popular?

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Have been ages trying to decide between Lucy and Louisa. Now DD1 has started preschool and two children are called Lucy, plus two boys called Lucas and one called Luke. Is this just an unfortunate coincidence or is the name overused?
Baby has been around for weeks with only a nickname - I feel like I am failing her with my indecision. Nickname is Lulu. It has been suggested that I just go with that name, but it just does not seem right to let her grow up without a grown up name.

I think it's a beautiful classic name that will never date. I know a couple of little Lucys, but it's not very popular at the moment (flower names seem to be all the rage).

I've never met a nasty Lucy either - they are always lovely, fun, gentle people.

Haha, my DD is Lucy and I'm Louisa :-) I like my name as its unusual and Lucy was always first choice for my baby!
There were 3 Lucys in her nursery class, Lucy L, S and R & the school split them all up into different reception classes.

zumm, my teenage Lucy isn't at all cutesy, and I've never thought of it as a cutesy name. Lucy Stone (1818-1893) was an inspirational campaigner for women's rights. Lucy in the Peanuts cartoons is very bossy. Lucy Eyesbarrow was an Agatha Christie character who was super-efficient. Lucy Mackenzie was a teenage Riot Girrrrl cartoonist who drew cartoons for my favourite feminist magazine; I saved one of her columns to give my own Lucy when she was old enough. Lucy M Montgomery wrote the "Anne of Green Gables" books.
It's a great name!

I'm a Lucy and this thread has really cheered me up! What lovely things people have to say about the name!

I'm biased but I think you should go with Lucy. I've only known a handful but IME each has had a nickname not necessarily a shortened version but more to do with their personality/surname etc, a nn develops as a person grows.

For the record I'm not 'cutsie' in the slightest - I've always liked my name and from personal experience I'd say it works for all ages.

Hope you find the right name soon and congratulations on your new baby girl!

I'm a 23yr old lucy. I have six friends my age called Lucy/lucie but only know one baby with the name. Go for it!

Glad to be corrected on the cutsie front, since, yes, I DO love Lucy.
Jekyll - good heritage, not least the Riot Grrrl :)