NameTides

Lucas

Lucas was the #10 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10,219 babies), and #32 in England & Wales and #10 in Canada.

Lucas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lucas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Lucas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#10 (10,219)#32 (1,381)#29 (131)#43 (46)#64 (86)#10 (1,074)#14 (261)#16 (249)
2024#9 (10,743)#25 (1,550)#23 (147)#30 (57)#74 (79)#7 (1,183)#9 (322)#17 (251)
2023#9 (10,890)#25 (1,644)#18 (186)#61 (39)#58 (104)#7 (1,188)#9 (322)#13 (264)
2022#8 (10,973)#25 (1,771)#17 (203)#57 (48)#65 (105)#9 (1,214)#12 (319)#13 (270)
2021#8 (11,584)#22 (1,965)#16 (214)#45 (58)#61 (112)#12 (1,260)#7 (410)#12 (292)
2020#8 (11,386)#25 (1,946)#11 (240)#23 (76)#68 (98)#7 (1,331)#5 (409)#12 (280)
2019#8 (12,483)#25 (2,075)#14 (229)#35 (69)#55 (122)#5 (1,543)#6 (418)#7 (357)
2018#8 (12,665)#26 (2,098)#13 (261)#39 (69)#55 (129)#6 (1,633)#7 (394)#13 (264)
2017#11 (13,032)#25 (2,407)#16 (235)#42 (66)#58 (120)#7 (1,614)#8 (381)#7 (315)
2016#14 (12,906)#27 (2,332)#12 (285)#34 (75)#63 (123)#6 (1,707)#5 (473)#12 (258)
2015#16 (12,331)#27 (2,448)#7 (316)#35 (75)#82 (89)#8 (1,618)#6 (444)#8 (284)
2014#19 (12,175)#30 (2,445)#9 (310)#32 (84)#74 (110)#9 (1,705)#6 (483)#7 (318)
2013#23 (11,558)#26 (2,793)#8 (313)#22 (99)#64 (130)#7 (1,852)#6 (475)#9 (309)
2012#27 (10,718)#25 (2,858)#20 (271)#27 (94)#71 (109)#8 (1,859)#2 (576)#8 (338)
2011#29 (10,405)#26 (2,716)#13 (318)#31 (87)#80 (96)#5 (1,886)#2 (605)#8 (365)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #11.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 6. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 170very common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 150very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 180very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 150very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lucas is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 170 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 160 to 1 in 180.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lucas by state, 2025Alaska: #46AKMaine: #13MEWisconsin: #17WIVermont: #48VTNew Hampshire: #7NHWashington: #12WAIdaho: #43IDMontana: #34MTNorth Dakota: #44NDMinnesota: #27MNIllinois: #12ILMichigan: #16MINew York: #4NYMassachusetts: #10MAOregon: #15ORNevada: #12NVWyoming: #27WYSouth Dakota: #37SDIowa: #25IAIndiana: #25INOhio: #13OHPennsylvania: #9PANew Jersey: #3NJConnecticut: #9CTRhode Island: #6RICalifornia: #17CAUtah: #22UTColorado: #17CONebraska: #37NEMissouri: #27MOKentucky: #16KYWest Virginia: #26WVVirginia: #9VAMaryland: #3MDDelaware: #5DEArizona: #34AZNew Mexico: #11NMKansas: #41KSArkansas: #27ARTennessee: #21TNNorth Carolina: #11NCSouth Carolina: #10SCDistrict of Columbia: #14DCOklahoma: #20OKLouisiana: #23LAMississippi: #40MSAlabama: #21ALGeorgia: #11GAHawaii: #11HITexas: #13TXFlorida: #3FL
Lucas (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#8464
Quebec2025#28226

Lucas (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LucasCanadaGirls—too few
LucasCanadaBoys#101,074
LucasEngland & WalesBoys#321,381
LucasIrelandBoys#6486
LúcásIrelandBoys—too few
LucasNorthern IrelandBoys#4346
LucasNSWBoys#14261
LucasScotlandBoys#29131
LucasUSGirls#10,1079
LucasUSBoys#1010,219
LucasVICBoys#16249