NameTides

Luka

Luka was the #85 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,873 babies), and #261 in England & Wales and #79 in Canada.

Luka as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Luka 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Luka 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#85 (3,873)#261 (177)#170 (25)#169 (13)#165 (30)#79 (355)#77 (109)#64 (111)
2024#94 (3,708)#233 (209)#155 (29)#256 (7)#153 (33)#71 (382)#46 (146)#56 (132)
2023#95 (3,657)#244 (195)#203 (21)#221 (9)#187 (27)#84 (336)#57 (127)#58 (102)
2022#117 (3,303)#237 (204)#271 (14)#285 (6)#262 (18)#93 (337)#64 (124)#70 (97)
2021#115 (3,209)#330 (138)#221 (20)#266 (7)#204 (25)#99 (344)#66 (142)#66 (106)
2020#161 (2,344)#305 (150)#324 (11)#392 (3)#226 (21)#123 (271)#79 (111)—
2019#221 (1,704)#301 (162)#250 (17)#365 (4)#244 (19)#111 (319)#85 (105)—
2018#320 (1,049)#355 (129)#392 (8)#283 (6)#329 (12)#146 (256)——
2017#439 (707)#359 (130)#304 (13)#415 (3)#234 (23)#174 (219)——
2016#471 (649)#357 (131)#331 (11)#421 (3)#412 (8)#182 (207)——
2015#524 (550)#348 (132)#295 (13)#259 (7)#397 (9)#224 (165)——
2014#559 (494)#334 (135)#302 (13)#315 (5)#508 (6)#174 (217)——
2013#586 (433)#369 (110)#335 (11)—#317 (13)#201 (180)——
2012#638 (375)#339 (130)#392 (8)#247 (7)#267 (18)#172 (205)——
2011#747 (303)#333 (130)#386 (8)—#366 (11)#176 (208)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #85.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 440 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 440common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 790common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 640common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 790common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 450common

Next year

On its recent trend, Luka is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 410 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 390 to 1 in 440.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Luka by state, 2025Alaska: #46AKMaine: #139MEWisconsin: #123WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #81WAIdaho: #71IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #86NDMinnesota: #127MNIllinois: #57ILMichigan: #112MINew York: #104NYMassachusetts: #123MAOregon: #143ORNevada: #64NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #57SDIowa: #97IAIndiana: #102INOhio: #116OHPennsylvania: #121PANew Jersey: #133NJConnecticut: #132CTRhode Island: #77RICalifornia: #54CAUtah: #80UTColorado: #75CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #121MOKentucky: #85KYWest Virginia: #71WVVirginia: #99VAMaryland: #124MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #102AZNew Mexico: #62NMKansas: #67KSArkansas: #87ARTennessee: #168TNNorth Carolina: #112NCSouth Carolina: #131SCDistrict of Columbia: #97DCOklahoma: #101OKLouisiana: #221LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #167ALGeorgia: #118GAHawaii: #63HITexas: #59TXFlorida: #71FL
Luka (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#64183
Quebec2025#13548

Luka (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
LukaCanadaGirls—too few
LukaCanadaBoys#79355
LukaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
LukaEngland & WalesBoys#261177
LukaIrelandGirls—too few
LukaIrelandBoys#16530
LukaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LukaNorthern IrelandBoys#16913
LukaNSWBoys#77109
LukaScotlandBoys#17025
LukaUSGirls#5,09925
LukaUSBoys#853,873
LukaVICBoys#64111