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

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Peak · boys
2019 · 1,787 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
44,053
since 1963

Lukas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lukas has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #214, 2019boys
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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—#2881,161
2024—#2691,289
2023—#2361,481
2022—#2361,475
2021—#2271,673
2020—#2181,711
2019—#2141,787
2018—#2311,652
2017—#2201,743
2016—#2211,758
2015—#2531,430
2014—#2291,635
2013—#2421,492
2012—#2321,543
2011—#2491,388
2010—#2301,528
2009#17,2945#2441,449
2008—#2451,478
2007#17,6365#2361,547
2006—#2441,408
2005—#2621,257
2004#10,6909#2941,080
2003—#311961
2002—#318889
2001—#338818
2000—#367723
1999—#362721
1998—#391630
1997—#391607
1996—#380612
1995—#425536
1994—#433526
1993—#457469
1992—#457478
1991—#512376
1990—#527350
1989—#495373
1988—#571261
1987—#661190
1986—#733152
1985—#627196
1984—#769126
1983—#706147
1982—#717147
1981—#679162
1980—#725146
1979—#794119
1978—#92787
1977—#1,14458
1976—#1,21051
1975—#1,19150
1974—#1,69228
1973—#2,12419
1972—#2,15818
1971—#3,6588
1970—#3,5218
1969—#2,86110
1968—#3,3657
1967—#2,9858
1966—#2,7849
1965——
1964—#4,0395
1963—#3,3187
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First appearance
1963

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 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lukas, so not publishedAKMaine: #194 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 643 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lukas, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #120 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 394 boysNHWashington: #164 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 638 boysWAIdaho: #273 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 968 boysIDMontana: #195 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 550 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lukas, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #282 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,191 boysMNIllinois: #198 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 804 boysILWisconsin: #281 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,140 boysWIMichigan: #199 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 806 boysMINew York: #178 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 769 boysNYMassachusetts: #191 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 813 boysMARhode Island: #176 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 562 boysRIOregon: #189 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 673 boysORNevada: #182 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 624 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lukas, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lukas, so not publishedSDIowa: #402 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,697 boysIAIndiana: #211 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 832 boysINOhio: #197 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 778 boysOHPennsylvania: #239 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 1,059 boysPANew Jersey: #222 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 959 boysNJConnecticut: #165 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 624 boysCTCalifornia: #212 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 967 boysCAUtah: #237 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 877 boysUTColorado: #186 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 697 boysCONebraska: #294 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,097 boysNEMissouri: #219 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 890 boysMOKentucky: #153 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 577 boysKYWest Virginia: #306 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,160 boysWVVirginia: #229 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 967 boysVAMaryland: #197 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 808 boysMDDelaware: #148 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 442 boysDEArizona: #297 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,184 boysAZNew Mexico: #261 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 910 boysNMKansas: #194 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 722 boysKSArkansas: #230 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 850 boysARTennessee: #291 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,136 boysTNNorth Carolina: #172 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 720 boysNCSouth Carolina: #259 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,053 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #181 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 582 boysDCOklahoma: #214 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 771 boysOKLouisiana: #335 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,348 boysLAMississippi: #297 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,211 boysMSAlabama: #310 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,280 boysALGeorgia: #240 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 1,006 boysGAHawaii: #190 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 576 boysHITexas: #267 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 1,192 boysTXFlorida: #142 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 586 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#120 · 1 in 394
  2. Florida#142 · 1 in 586
  3. Delaware#148 · 1 in 442
  4. Kentucky#153 · 1 in 577
  5. Washington#164 · 1 in 638

Best ever in a state: #76 in Wyoming, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#120111 in 394
Florida#1421541 in 586
Delaware#14871 in 442
Kentucky#153341 in 577
Washington#164521 in 638
Connecticut#165211 in 624
North Carolina#172681 in 720
Rhode Island#17661 in 562
New York#1781141 in 769
District of Columbia#18161 in 582
Nevada#182191 in 624
Colorado#186361 in 697
Oregon#189231 in 673
Hawaii#19061 in 576
Massachusetts#191331 in 813
Kansas#194191 in 722
Maine#19461 in 643
Montana#19561 in 550
Maryland#197311 in 808
Ohio#197701 in 778
Illinois#198681 in 804
Michigan#199531 in 806
Indiana#211391 in 832
California#2121961 in 967
Oklahoma#214231 in 771
Missouri#219321 in 890
New Jersey#222411 in 959
Virginia#229401 in 967
Arkansas#230151 in 850
Utah#237221 in 877
Pennsylvania#239511 in 1,059
Georgia#240501 in 1,006
South Carolina#259191 in 1,053
New Mexico#26181 in 910
Texas#2671421 in 1,192
Idaho#27381 in 968
Wisconsin#281211 in 1,140
Minnesota#282211 in 1,191
Tennessee#291301 in 1,136
Nebraska#29481 in 1,097
Arizona#297271 in 1,184
Mississippi#297101 in 1,211
West Virginia#30661 in 1,160
Alabama#310171 in 1,280
Louisiana#335161 in 1,348
Iowa#40281 in 1,697
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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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 2019 at #214 (1,787 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1978–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,004
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.2% of all boys named Lukas (15,956) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s46#2,784 (1966)#3,225
1970s446#794 (1979)#1,842
1980s1,900#495 (1989)#668
1990s5,305#362 (1999)#434
2000s11,610#236 (2007)#286
2010s15,956#214 (2019)#232
2020s8,790#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 2020

boys
#218
1,711 births · 1 in 1,009 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #218Lukas1,711
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 1,009 of them was named Lukas, which outranked 98.4% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lukas
  1. #215Peter1,762
  2. #216Matias1,754
  3. #217Amari1,742
  4. #218Lukas1,711
  5. #219Andres1,706
  6. #220Arlo1,701
  7. #221Colt1,686
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →