Lukas Boy
How popular is Lukas?
#288 boy name in 2025
1,161 baby boys were named Lukas in the US in 2025, making it the 288th most popular boy name.
Lukas popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #288 for boys (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,161 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #253 in 2015, #218 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (1,787 boys) |
| Highest rank | #214 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lukas counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lucas family of names ranked #10 for boys in 2025 (#8 the year before), with 11,474 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lucas | 10,219 | 89% |
| Lukas | 1,161 | 10% |
| Luccas | 48 | 0% |
| Lukasz | 23 | 0% |
| Lucus | 11 | 0% |
| Lukus | 12 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lukas is most popular
Babies named Lukas per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 1.8 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Alaska: 1.6 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Connecticut: 1.5 per 1,000 (104 boys)
- Montana: 1.5 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Idaho: 1.3 per 1,000 (53 boys)
Lukas by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46 | #2,783 |
| 1970s | 446 | #794 |
| 1980s | 1,900 | #494 |
| 1990s | 5,305 | #362 |
| 2000s | 11,610 | #236 |
| 2010s | 15,956 | #214 |
| 2020s | 8,790 | #218 |
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Questions
- Is Lukas a boy or girl name?
- Lukas is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lukas were boys.
- How popular is the name Lukas?
- 1,161 baby boys were named Lukas in the US in 2025, making it the 288th most popular boy name.
- When was Lukas most popular?
- Lukas peaked in 2019, when 1,787 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #214 in 2019.
- How many people are named Lukas?
- 44,072 babies have been named Lukas in the US since 1880. We estimate about 43,469 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Lukas most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lukas was most common in New Hampshire, at 1.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.