Lucas
Lucas was given to 10,219 boys in 2025, #10 among boys’ names; 331,628 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 324,000 Americans named Lucas and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 8 and 24.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lucas by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lucas mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lucas is “a male given name from Latin.”
From Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).
/ˈluːkəs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lucas?
#10 among boys’ names, 2025
Lucas rose from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born fell from 6.4 to 6.0 per 1,000.
13,044 babies in 2017, the peak
Lucas peaked in 2017, when 13,044 babies were given it (13,032 boys, #11 among boys’ names). The 10,228 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 78% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,219 | #10 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 10,743 | #9 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 10,890 | #9 | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 10,973 | #8 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 11,584 | #8 | 6.6 |
| 2020 | 11,386 | #8 | 6.6 |
| 2019 | 12,483 | #8 | 7.0 |
| 2018 | 12,665 | #8 | 7.0 |
| 2017 | 13,032 | #11 | 7.0 |
| 2016 | 12,906 | #14 | 6.8 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12,331 | #16 | 6.4 |
| 2014 | 12,175 | #19 | 6.3 |
| 2013 | 11,558 | #23 | 6.1 |
| 2012 | 10,718 | #27 | 5.7 |
| 2011 | 10,405 | #29 | 5.5 |
| 2010 | 10,388 | #35 | 5.4 |
| 2009 | 9,620 | #39 | 4.8 |
| 2008 | 9,328 | #46 | 4.6 |
| 2007 | 8,759 | #53 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | 8,139 | #59 | 4.0 |
| 2005 | 7,578 | #58 | 3.8 |
| 2004 | 6,716 | #66 | 3.4 |
| 2003 | 5,756 | #71 | 2.9 |
| 2002 | 5,381 | #75 | 2.8 |
| 2001 | 4,900 | #83 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | 4,818 | #83 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 4,220 | #90 | 2.2 |
| 1998 | 4,093 | #93 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | 4,034 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1996 | 4,106 | #93 | 2.2 |
| 1995 | 4,086 | #91 | 2.1 |
| 1994 | 4,009 | #95 | 2.1 |
| 1993 | 3,923 | #95 | 2.0 |
| 1992 | 3,379 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 1991 | 3,240 | #107 | 1.6 |
| 1990 | 3,088 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1989 | 2,865 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 2,716 | #112 | 1.4 |
| 1987 | 2,327 | #121 | 1.2 |
| 1986 | 2,197 | #126 | 1.2 |
| 1985 | 2,318 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1984 | 2,115 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1983 | 2,359 | #117 | 1.3 |
| 1982 | 2,740 | #106 | 1.5 |
| 1981 | 3,371 | #89 | 1.9 |
| 1980 | 3,080 | #98 | 1.7 |
| 1979 | 2,540 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1978 | 1,953 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1977 | 1,098 | #205 | 0.67 |
| 1976 | 877 | #231 | 0.56 |
| 1975 | 890 | #231 | 0.57 |
| 1974 | 565 | #319 | 0.36 |
| 1973 | 303 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1972 | 231 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1971 | 200 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 160 | #645 | 0.09 |
| 1969 | 122 | #708 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 97 | #753 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 59 | #946 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 80 | #815 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 81 | #823 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 90 | #796 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 74 | #874 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 86 | #819 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 90 | #805 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 78 | #864 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 62 | #983 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,065 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,422 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,325 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,329 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,741 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,658 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,287 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,443 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,519 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,486 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,369 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,263 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,319 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,365 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,250 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,512 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,567 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,396 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,605 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,311 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,722 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,333 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,488 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,155 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,373 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,438 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,369 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,351 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,256 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,159 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,195 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 49 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 50 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 41 | #1,114 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 52 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,148 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 41 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,146 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 27 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 22 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,481 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,015 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 10 | #994 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 9 | #995 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,464 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,347 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,148 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 7 | #976 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,094 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 10 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 8 | #855 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 7 | #943 | 0.06 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,039 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 8 | #831 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 10 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 10 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 8 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 8 | #731 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 6 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,067 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 5 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 11 | #550 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lucas a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lucas has been given almost only to boys: 536 girls in 138 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lucas: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lucas, and how old are they?
324,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 331,628 Americans ever recorded as Lucas. The median Lucas alive today is 14 years old; half are between 8 and 24.
The 2020 Census counted 249,246 people named Lucas (557 women and girls, 248,689 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 263,047 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 83 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 613 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 46,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 113,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 152,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lucas born?
The states with the most babies named Lucas are California, Texas and Florida, with 30% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,154 | #17 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 1,010 | #13 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 935 | #3 | 1.2× |
| New York | 705 | #4 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 399 | #3 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 391 | #9 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 349 | #11 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 342 | #13 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 340 | #12 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 311 | #9 | 1.0× |
Where Lucas is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lucas is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lucas with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 389,238 babies since 1880, Lucas is the most given (85% of them). In 2025 it was given to 10,228 of their 11,649 babies (88%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lucas
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lucas and names like it
- Compare Lucas and LukasBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sLucas peaked in 2017.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lucas since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Lucas: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2017The year the most babies were named Lucas.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lucas alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.