NameTides

Lukas

Lukas was the #288 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,161 babies), and #321 in England & Wales and #239 in Canada.

Lukas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lukas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & WalesScotland
Lukas as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#288 (1,161)#321 (138)#367 (9)—#272 (16)#239 (141)
2024#269 (1,289)#311 (144)#432 (7)#256 (7)#287 (14)#221 (149)
2023#236 (1,481)#275 (170)#203 (21)—#268 (16)#181 (182)
2022#236 (1,475)#244 (194)#256 (15)#264 (7)#306 (14)#216 (155)
2021#227 (1,673)#249 (188)#273 (15)#249 (8)#257 (18)#173 (212)
2020#218 (1,711)#234 (207)#198 (22)#304 (5)#219 (22)#169 (219)
2019#214 (1,787)#217 (235)#264 (15)#242 (8)#167 (34)#143 (258)
2018#231 (1,652)#210 (259)#275 (14)#204 (10)#244 (21)#130 (285)
2017#220 (1,743)#224 (239)#183 (30)#186 (12)#203 (28)#127 (300)
2016#221 (1,758)#201 (279)#190 (28)#195 (11)#196 (29)#127 (322)
2015#253 (1,430)#240 (227)#213 (23)#237 (8)#228 (24)#150 (251)
2014#229 (1,635)#226 (249)#223 (22)#175 (14)#190 (31)#146 (276)
2013#242 (1,492)#192 (291)#171 (32)#180 (13)#157 (41)#121 (327)
2012#232 (1,543)#189 (295)#185 (31)#161 (16)#162 (42)#116 (335)
2011#249 (1,388)#210 (246)#211 (22)#177 (14)#177 (38)#122 (330)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #214.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lukas is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lukas by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #235WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #351WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #248ILMichigan: #235MINew York: #338NYMassachusetts: #264MAOregon: #210ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #279INOhio: #274OHPennsylvania: #371PANew Jersey: #324NJConnecticut: #197CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #317CAUtah: #274UTColorado: #237CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #272MOKentucky: #245KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #276VAMaryland: #257MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #332AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #230KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #325TNNorth Carolina: #320NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #428GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #316TXFlorida: #214FL
Lukas (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#21764
Quebec2025#25320

Lukas (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
LukasCanadaBoys#239141
LukasEngland & WalesBoys#321138
LukasIrelandBoys#27216
LukasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LukasScotlandBoys#3679
LukasUSGirls—too few
LukasUSBoys#2881,161