NameTides

Luke

Luke was the #33 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6,948 babies), and #131 in England & Wales and #45 in Canada.

Luke as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Luke 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Luke 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
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#33 (6,948)#131 (380)#70 (69)#83 (29)#23 (185)#45 (501)——
2024#34 (7,062)#138 (387)#50 (89)#57 (44)#18 (217)#39 (540)#96 (88)—
2023#31 (7,251)#118 (446)#67 (77)#42 (52)#20 (215)#47 (484)#86 (92)—
2022#34 (7,393)#110 (505)#66 (80)#21 (74)#20 (233)#44 (525)#100 (94)—
2021#32 (7,711)#117 (496)#41 (122)#36 (64)#18 (268)#62 (483)#90 (103)—
2020#31 (7,784)#109 (544)#41 (122)#27 (70)#14 (290)#44 (576)#74 (116)#88 (83)
2019#32 (8,442)#100 (632)#49 (110)#63 (50)#9 (317)#53 (539)#79 (111)—
2018#30 (8,624)#94 (677)#43 (134)#33 (72)#7 (368)#52 (594)#75 (123)#93 (74)
2017#30 (9,224)#76 (868)#43 (127)#26 (81)#7 (420)#49 (619)#85 (106)#83 (80)
2016#29 (10,001)#59 (1,056)#43 (142)#13 (121)#10 (375)#48 (668)#75 (144)#78 (83)
2015#28 (10,294)#58 (1,095)#44 (144)#15 (120)#10 (382)#46 (666)#67 (146)#60 (100)
2014#28 (10,523)#44 (1,322)#34 (195)#19 (114)#7 (437)#43 (723)#56 (177)#63 (94)
2013#34 (9,588)#45 (1,415)#38 (188)#19 (118)#13 (403)#52 (631)#56 (178)#50 (133)
2012#37 (9,022)#45 (1,557)#42 (183)#28 (92)#11 (457)#51 (633)#43 (218)#41 (149)
2011#39 (8,706)#41 (1,830)#46 (172)#20 (112)#12 (487)#53 (624)#33 (261)#34 (164)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #28.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250 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 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 250common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 720common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 290common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 320common

Next year

On its recent trend, Luke is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 250 to 1 in 260.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Luke by state, 2025Alaska: #25AKMaine: #82MEWisconsin: #49WIVermont: #27VTNew Hampshire: #40NHWashington: #37WAIdaho: #25IDMontana: #30MTNorth Dakota: #22NDMinnesota: #72MNIllinois: #55ILMichigan: #38MINew York: #60NYMassachusetts: #45MAOregon: #25ORNevada: #39NVWyoming: #20WYSouth Dakota: #26SDIowa: #36IAIndiana: #41INOhio: #36OHPennsylvania: #26PANew Jersey: #37NJConnecticut: #22CTRhode Island: #37RICalifornia: #44CAUtah: #26UTColorado: #33CONebraska: #63NEMissouri: #31MOKentucky: #44KYWest Virginia: #54WVVirginia: #20VAMaryland: #46MDDelaware: #42DEArizona: #30AZNew Mexico: #26NMKansas: #34KSArkansas: #43ARTennessee: #32TNNorth Carolina: #20NCSouth Carolina: #35SCDistrict of Columbia: #33DCOklahoma: #23OKLouisiana: #12LAMississippi: #52MSAlabama: #32ALGeorgia: #26GAHawaii: #5HITexas: #29TXFlorida: #30FL
Luke (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#34247
Quebec2025#31215

Luke (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
LukeCanadaGirls—too few
LukeCanadaBoys#45501
LukeEngland & WalesBoys#131380
LukeIrelandBoys#23185
LukeNorthern IrelandBoys#8329
LukeNSWBoys—too few
LukeScotlandBoys#7069
LukeUSGirls#10,1079
LukeUSBoys#336,948
LukeVICBoys—too few