Luka
#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · #85 for boys in 2025, 3,873 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 3,873 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 28,959since 1975
Luka over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | #85 | 3,873 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #94 | 3,708 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #95 | 3,657 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #117 | 3,303 |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 | #115 | 3,209 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | #161 | 2,344 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #221 | 1,704 |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 | #320 | 1,049 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | #439 | 707 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | #471 | 649 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | #524 | 550 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #559 | 494 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 | #586 | 433 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #638 | 375 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #747 | 303 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #727 | 316 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | #780 | 291 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #775 | 286 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #749 | 298 |
| 2006 | — | #809 | 252 | |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #866 | 212 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #849 | 209 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #1,060 | 146 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #1,177 | 119 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #1,171 | 117 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #1,429 | 86 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #2,347 | 38 |
| 1998 | — | #2,507 | 34 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #4,968 | 8 |
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| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Luka! It came in at #4,797, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Luka is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#178 · 1 in 556
- District of Columbia#192 · 1 in 658
- Oregon#212 · 1 in 791
- South Dakota#215 · 1 in 632
- Florida#227 · 1 in 1,031
Best ever in a state: #17 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #178 | 7 | 1 in 556 |
| District of Columbia | #192 | 6 | 1 in 658 |
| Oregon | #212 | 21 | 1 in 791 |
| South Dakota | #215 | 6 | 1 in 632 |
| Florida | #227 | 93 | 1 in 1,031 |
| Maine | #235 | 5 | 1 in 847 |
| Nevada | #252 | 14 | 1 in 940 |
| Connecticut | #253 | 12 | 1 in 1,157 |
| Washington | #256 | 33 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Illinois | #260 | 52 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Utah | #267 | 19 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Nebraska | #268 | 10 | 1 in 941 |
| Kansas | #280 | 13 | 1 in 1,118 |
| New York | #286 | 69 | 1 in 1,388 |
| New Jersey | #287 | 30 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Arizona | #296 | 27 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Idaho | #302 | 7 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Texas | #315 | 116 | 1 in 1,508 |
| Missouri | #317 | 21 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Ohio | #318 | 38 | 1 in 1,508 |
| Michigan | #320 | 30 | 1 in 1,530 |
| California | #324 | 126 | 1 in 1,639 |
| New Mexico | #325 | 6 | 1 in 1,274 |
| Iowa | #340 | 10 | 1 in 1,436 |
| Pennsylvania | #345 | 31 | 1 in 1,847 |
| Maryland | #346 | 16 | 1 in 1,649 |
| North Carolina | #346 | 31 | 1 in 1,618 |
| Colorado | #351 | 17 | 1 in 1,517 |
| Virginia | #365 | 23 | 1 in 1,771 |
| Wisconsin | #377 | 14 | 1 in 1,838 |
| Massachusetts | #385 | 12 | 1 in 2,357 |
| South Carolina | #394 | 11 | 1 in 1,899 |
| Minnesota | #403 | 14 | 1 in 1,905 |
| Kentucky | #408 | 10 | 1 in 2,093 |
| Indiana | #418 | 16 | 1 in 2,123 |
| Tennessee | #450 | 15 | 1 in 2,367 |
| Arkansas | #470 | 6 | 1 in 2,255 |
| Georgia | #483 | 19 | 1 in 2,747 |
| Louisiana | #511 | 9 | 1 in 2,539 |
| Alabama | #584 | 7 | 1 in 3,232 |
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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 Luka
- 9 spots since 2024 (#94 → #85)
- 76 spots since 2020 (#161 → #85)
- 439 spots since 2015 (#524 → #85)
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 2004 (#1,060 → #849)
- Biggest drop: 26 spots in 2008 (#749 → #775)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2025 at #85 (3,873 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2004–2025
- Highest: 1 in 441 boys born in 2025 were named Luka (0.23%)
- 69.4% of all boys named Luka (20,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #4,797 (1975) | #4,930 |
| 1980s | 43 | #4,968 (1987) | #5,342 |
| 1990s | 208 | #2,347 (1999) | #3,541 |
| 2000s | 2,016 | #749 (2007) | #967 |
| 2010s | 6,580 | #221 (2019) | #523 |
| 2020s | 20,094 | #85 (2025) | #111 |
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.
Luka in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 60,753 of them was named Luka, which outranked 73.7% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,662Yajaira29
- #4,662Yatzil29
- #4,662Yoselyn29
- #4,768Luka28
- #4,768Aaralyn28
- #4,768Aitanna28
- #4,768Ajla28
- #4,889Aaniyah27
- #4,889Aasiyah27
- #4,889Adeleine27
Tied with 120 names at #4,768; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 1,731 of them was named Luka, which outranked 97.7% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).