Luc — #3400 US boys' name
3,581 babies named Luc in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Luc was born in this single decade.
172 babies were named Luc in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luc
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,581 babies named Luc between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Luc currently holds the #3400 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 172 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luc performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,405 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Luc shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 744 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Luc in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luc in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,581 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Luc at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Luc popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (2002)
- 172
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #3400 among boys.
3,581 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 172 births in a single year.
Luc by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,405 births that decade — 39% of Luc's all-time total
Luc decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,405 births
- Runner-up 865 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Luc's strongest decade
1,405 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Luc by state
Where Luc concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 744 | 20.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 280 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 199 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 115 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 113 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 92 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 59 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 45 | 1.3% |
744 of 3,581 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.8% of nationwide
- New York 7.8% of nationwide
- Florida 5.6% of nationwide
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Luc appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1949–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.