Lukas
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294 · #288 for boys in 2025, 1,161 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 1,787 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 44,053since 1963
Lukas over time
Rank among boys' names. Lukas has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | #288 | 1,161 | |
| 2024 | — | #269 | 1,289 | |
| 2023 | — | #236 | 1,481 | |
| 2022 | — | #236 | 1,475 | |
| 2021 | — | #227 | 1,673 | |
| 2020 | — | #218 | 1,711 | |
| 2019 | — | #214 | 1,787 | |
| 2018 | — | #231 | 1,652 | |
| 2017 | — | #220 | 1,743 | |
| 2016 | — | #221 | 1,758 | |
| 2015 | — | #253 | 1,430 | |
| 2014 | — | #229 | 1,635 | |
| 2013 | — | #242 | 1,492 | |
| 2012 | — | #232 | 1,543 | |
| 2011 | — | #249 | 1,388 | |
| 2010 | — | #230 | 1,528 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #244 | 1,449 |
| 2008 | — | #245 | 1,478 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #236 | 1,547 |
| 2006 | — | #244 | 1,408 | |
| 2005 | — | #262 | 1,257 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #294 | 1,080 |
| 2003 | — | #311 | 961 | |
| 2002 | — | #318 | 889 | |
| 2001 | — | #338 | 818 | |
| 2000 | — | #367 | 723 | |
| 1999 | — | #362 | 721 | |
| 1998 | — | #391 | 630 | |
| 1997 | — | #391 | 607 | |
| 1996 | — | #380 | 612 | |
| 1995 | — | #425 | 536 | |
| 1994 | — | #433 | 526 | |
| 1993 | — | #457 | 469 | |
| 1992 | — | #457 | 478 | |
| 1991 | — | #512 | 376 | |
| 1990 | — | #527 | 350 | |
| 1989 | — | #495 | 373 | |
| 1988 | — | #571 | 261 | |
| 1987 | — | #661 | 190 | |
| 1986 | — | #733 | 152 | |
| 1985 | — | #627 | 196 | |
| 1984 | — | #769 | 126 | |
| 1983 | — | #706 | 147 | |
| 1982 | — | #717 | 147 | |
| 1981 | — | #679 | 162 | |
| 1980 | — | #725 | 146 | |
| 1979 | — | #794 | 119 | |
| 1978 | — | #927 | 87 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,144 | 58 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,210 | 51 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,191 | 50 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,158 | 18 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lukas! It came in at #3,318, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lukas is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#164 · 1 in 1,099
- Wisconsin#164 · 1 in 1,324
- Minnesota#172 · 1 in 1,434
- Iowa#178 · 1 in 1,402
- Oregon#213 · 1 in 1,496
Best ever in a state: #76 in Wyoming, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Nebraska | #164 | 10 | 1 in 1,099 |
| Wisconsin | #164 | 25 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Minnesota | #172 | 22 | 1 in 1,434 |
| Iowa | #178 | 13 | 1 in 1,402 |
| Oregon | #213 | 13 | 1 in 1,496 |
| Arkansas | #260 | 8 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Colorado | #268 | 11 | 1 in 2,199 |
| Kansas | #268 | 8 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Ohio | #290 | 24 | 1 in 3,254 |
| Massachusetts | #356 | 9 | 1 in 4,862 |
| Kentucky | #371 | 5 | 1 in 4,891 |
| Washington | #375 | 9 | 1 in 3,779 |
| Virginia | #400 | 10 | 1 in 4,186 |
| Pennsylvania | #416 | 15 | 1 in 5,427 |
| Tennessee | #432 | 7 | 1 in 4,948 |
| Missouri | #434 | 7 | 1 in 5,392 |
| Michigan | #455 | 13 | 1 in 5,341 |
| Illinois | #482 | 18 | 1 in 4,822 |
| Indiana | #528 | 5 | 1 in 7,923 |
| North Carolina | #543 | 7 | 1 in 6,607 |
| New York | #553 | 21 | 1 in 6,424 |
| California | #596 | 35 | 1 in 7,676 |
| Texas | #691 | 17 | 1 in 8,712 |
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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 Lukas
- 19 spots since 2024 (#269 → #288)
- 70 spots since 2020 (#218 → #288)
- 35 spots since 2015 (#253 → #288)
- Biggest jump: 217 spots in 1978 (#1,144 → #927)
- Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1986 (#627 → #733)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2019 at #214 (1,787 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1978–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,004 boys born in 2019 were named Lukas (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,471 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 36.2% of all boys named Lukas (15,956) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,225 |
| 1970s | 446 | #794 (1979) | #1,842 |
| 1980s | 1,900 | #495 (1989) | #668 |
| 1990s | 5,305 | #362 (1999) | #434 |
| 2000s | 11,610 | #236 (2007) | #286 |
| 2010s | 15,956 | #214 (2019) | #232 |
| 2020s | 8,790 | #218 (2020) | #246 |
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.
Lukas in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 5,364 of them was named Lukas, which outranked 94.6% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).