Luke Boy
How popular is Luke?
#33 boy name in 2025
6,948 baby boys were named Luke in the US in 2025, making it the 33rd most popular boy name. Another 9 girls got the name (#10,104 for girls).
Luke popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #33 for boys (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,948 boys, 9 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #28 in 2015, #31 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (10,523 boys) |
| Highest rank | #28 in 2014 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Luke counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Luke family of names ranked #38 for boys in 2025 (#39 the year before), with 6,990 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Luke | 6,948 | 99% |
| Luc | 33 | 0% |
| Luck | 9 | 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 Luke is most popular
Babies named Luke per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Luke by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 442 | #230 |
| 1890s | 402 | #245 |
| 1900s | 498 | #243 |
| 1910s | 1,343 | #291 |
| 1920s | 1,699 | #424 |
| 1930s | 1,269 | #438 |
| 1940s | 1,298 | #531 |
| 1950s | 2,308 | #424 |
| 1960s | 4,071 | #367 |
| 1970s | 10,283 | #110 |
| 1980s | 27,044 | #97 |
| 1990s | 44,434 | #67 |
| 2000s | 90,506 | #41 |
| 2010s | 93,274 | #28 |
| 2020s | 44,149 | #31 |
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Questions
- Is Luke a boy or girl name?
- Luke is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Luke were boys.
- How popular is the name Luke?
- 6,948 baby boys were named Luke in the US in 2025, making it the 33rd most popular boy name. Another 9 girls got the name (#10,104 for girls).
- When was Luke most popular?
- Luke peaked in 2014, when 10,523 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #28, held for 2 years starting in 2014.
- How many people are named Luke?
- 323,585 babies have been named Luke in the US since 1880. We estimate about 310,333 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Luke most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Luke was most common in Hawaii, at 10.6 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.