Lucas

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #10 for boys in 2025, 10,219 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2018 · 12,665 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
35 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
331,092
since 1881

Lucas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #8, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#1010,219
2024#10,2719#910,743
2023#9,61610#910,890
2022#6,98416#810,973
2021#15,2515#811,584
2020#12,1427#811,386
2019#6,17619#812,483
2018#6,24819#812,665
2017#8,77612#1113,032
2016#9,41111#1412,906
2015#7,26616#1612,331
2014#11,9318#1912,175
2013#10,23510#2311,558
2012#13,4837#2710,718
2011#8,61413#2910,405
2010#8,27114#3510,388
2009#10,67910#399,620
2008#8,10915#469,328
2007#8,09815#538,759
2006#9,90111#598,139
2005#10,12810#587,578
2004#3,68939#666,716
2003—#715,756
2002#7,81613#755,381
2001—#834,900
2000#13,1546#834,818
1999#12,6886#904,220
1998#9,2609#934,093
1997#9,8028#984,034
1996—#934,106
1995#10,5147#914,086
1994#8,8049#954,009
1993—#953,923
1992#8,7349#1063,379
1991#10,2717#1073,240
1990#8,5019#1123,088
1989#6,95511#1142,865
1988#6,66611#1122,716
1987#7,3539#1212,327
1986#6,15611#1262,197
1985#7,5638#1222,318
1984#5,53912#1302,115
1983#4,68615#1172,359
1982#4,52716#1062,740
1981#4,16218#883,371
1980#4,74315#983,080
1979#5,75111#1082,540
1978#4,67914#1361,953
1977#5,88810#2051,098
1976#7,2967#231877
1975—#231890
1974—#318565
1973—#450303
1972—#516231
1971—#577200
1970—#643160
1969—#707122
1968—#75197
1967—#94359
1966—#81280
1965—#82081
1964—#79290
1963—#87374
1962—#81786
1961—#80390
1960—#86278
1959—#97562
1958—#1,06052
1957—#1,41131
1956—#1,31734
1955—#1,31333
1954—#1,70620
1953—#1,63022
1952—#1,26834
1951—#1,43027
1950—#1,49924
1949—#1,46225
1948—#1,34629
1947—#1,25234
1946—#1,29929
1945—#1,34924
1944—#1,23529
1943—#1,48622
1942—#1,53721
1941—#1,37224
1940—#1,57319
1939—#1,29726
1938—#1,68917
1937—#1,31326
1936—#1,46321
1935—#1,14833
1934—#1,35725
1933—#1,40523
1932—#1,35626
1931—#1,33327
1930—#1,29930
1929—#1,23732
1928—#1,14738
1927—#1,19836
1926—#1,12440
1925—#1,18436
1924—#1,00549
1923—#97650
1922—#1,18137
1921—#1,05844
1920—#1,10841
1919—#1,24732
1918—#91852
1917—#1,13235
1916—#1,13833
1915—#98041
1914—#1,12726
1913—#95027
1912—#97022
1911—#1,3877
1910—#98111
1909—#95110
1908—#9469
1907—#1,3455
1906—#1,0047
1905—#1,2335
1904—#1,0646
1903—#9107
1902—#1,0136
1901——
1900——
1899—#66110
1898—#8048
1897——
1896—#9007
1895—#9786
1894—#7878
1893—#65010
1892—#68810
1891—#7008
1890——
1889——
1888—#9176
1887——
1886—#6948
1885—#8366
1884—#9715
1883—#8925
1882——
1881—#53311
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Lucas! It came in at #533, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lucas is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #14 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 98 boysAKMaine: #14 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 93 boysMEVermont: #33 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 117 boysVTNew Hampshire: #11 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 75 boysNHWashington: #8 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 111 boysWAIdaho: #25 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 146 boysIDMontana: #25 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 129 boysMTNorth Dakota: #17 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 116 boysNDMinnesota: #18 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 135 boysMNIllinois: #16 for boys · 460 births · 1 in 135 boysILWisconsin: #20 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 154 boysWIMichigan: #4 for boys · 438 births · 1 in 106 boysMINew York: #4 for boys · 1,052 births · 1 in 93 boysNYMassachusetts: #4 for boys · 374 births · 1 in 77 boysMARhode Island: #1 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 55 boysRIOregon: #12 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 120 boysORNevada: #20 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 137 boysNVWyoming: #10 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 73 boysWYSouth Dakota: #12 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 101 boysSDIowa: #20 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 158 boysIAIndiana: #12 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 128 boysINOhio: #5 for boys · 540 births · 1 in 108 boysOHPennsylvania: #9 for boys · 515 births · 1 in 113 boysPANew Jersey: #6 for boys · 470 births · 1 in 87 boysNJConnecticut: #6 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 83 boysCTCalifornia: #15 for boys · 1,639 births · 1 in 132 boysCAUtah: #14 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 129 boysUTColorado: #17 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 139 boysCONebraska: #19 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 138 boysNEMissouri: #10 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 115 boysMOKentucky: #12 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 120 boysKYWest Virginia: #23 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 125 boysWVVirginia: #6 for boys · 366 births · 1 in 111 boysVAMaryland: #7 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 102 boysMDDelaware: #21 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 108 boysDEArizona: #28 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 166 boysAZNew Mexico: #14 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 116 boysNMKansas: #16 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 132 boysKSArkansas: #53 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 232 boysARTennessee: #15 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 144 boysTNNorth Carolina: #8 for boys · 414 births · 1 in 124 boysNCSouth Carolina: #24 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 154 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #11 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 87 boysDCOklahoma: #18 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 155 boysOKLouisiana: #36 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 196 boysLAMississippi: #54 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 219 boysMSAlabama: #46 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 208 boysALGeorgia: #21 for boys · 337 births · 1 in 159 boysGAHawaii: #12 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 111 boysHITexas: #32 for boys · 978 births · 1 in 180 boysTXFlorida: #3 for boys · 1,034 births · 1 in 93 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#1 · 1 in 55
  2. Florida#3 · 1 in 93
  3. Massachusetts#4 · 1 in 77
  4. New York#4 · 1 in 93
  5. Michigan#4 · 1 in 106

Best ever in a state: #1 in Rhode Island, 2017.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#1651 in 55
Florida#31,0341 in 93
Massachusetts#43741 in 77
Michigan#44381 in 106
New York#41,0521 in 93
Ohio#55401 in 108
Connecticut#61701 in 83
New Jersey#64701 in 87
Virginia#63661 in 111
Maryland#72601 in 102
North Carolina#84141 in 124
Washington#83211 in 111
Pennsylvania#95151 in 113
Missouri#102661 in 115
Wyoming#10211 in 73
District of Columbia#11501 in 87
New Hampshire#11571 in 75
Hawaii#12381 in 111
Indiana#122701 in 128
Kentucky#121801 in 120
Oregon#121451 in 120
South Dakota#12391 in 101
Alaska#14311 in 98
Maine#14461 in 93
New Mexico#14701 in 116
Utah#141581 in 129
California#151,6391 in 132
Tennessee#152511 in 144
Illinois#164601 in 135
Kansas#161141 in 132
Colorado#171901 in 139
North Dakota#17351 in 116
Minnesota#182001 in 135
Oklahoma#181251 in 155
Nebraska#19711 in 138
Iowa#20941 in 158
Nevada#20961 in 137
Wisconsin#201691 in 154
Delaware#21321 in 108
Georgia#213371 in 159
West Virginia#23601 in 125
South Carolina#241361 in 154
Idaho#25541 in 146
Montana#25281 in 129
Arizona#282081 in 166
Texas#329781 in 180
Vermont#33131 in 117
Louisiana#361221 in 196
Alabama#461101 in 208
Arkansas#53591 in 232
Mississippi#54611 in 219

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lucas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#9 → #10)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#8 → #10)
  • 6 spots since 2015 (#16 → #10)
  • Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 406 spots in 1911 (#981 → #1,387)
Rise & fade · boys
137 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2018 at #8 (12,665 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
  • Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1993–2025
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1959–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 142
  • Highest: 1 in 142 boys born in 2017 were named Lucas (0.70%)
  • Latest: 1 in 167 boys born in 2025 (0.60%)
  • Its best rank, #8 in 2018, was only 1 in 143 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.8% of all boys named Lucas (118,661) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#533 (1881)#807
1890s67#650 (1893)#771
1900s55#910 (1903)#1,058
1910s286#918 (1918)#1,083
1920s403#976 (1923)#1,122
1930s254#1,148 (1935)#1,366
1940s256#1,235 (1944)#1,391
1950s339#975 (1959)#1,361
1960s857#707 (1969)#818
1970s8,817#108 (1979)#342
1980s26,088#88 (1981)#113
1990s38,178#90 (1999)#98
2000s70,995#39 (2009)#63
2010s118,661#8 (2018)#19
2020s65,795#8 (2021)#9

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lucas in 2017

girls
#8,776
12 births · 1 in 143,872 girls
boys
#11
13,032 births · 1 in 142 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #8,776Lucas12

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #11Lucas13,032
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 143,872 of them was named Lucas, which outranked 52.4% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucas
  1. #8,299Zera13
  2. #8,299Zoella13
  3. #8,299Zoraida13
  4. #8,776Lucas12
  5. #8,776Aaima12
  6. #8,776Aalani12
  7. #8,776Aaleah12
  8. #9,341Aalaya11
  9. #9,341Aalaysia11
  10. #9,341Aayushi11

Tied with 564 names at #8,776; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 142 of them was named Lucas, which outranked 99.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucas
  1. #8Elijah13,449
  2. #9Jacob13,269
  3. #10Oliver13,224
  4. #11Lucas13,032
  5. #12Michael12,726
  6. #13Alexander12,577
  7. #14Ethan12,483
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →