Luka — #94 US boys' name
25,067 babies named Luka in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.3% of names given to boys today.
65% of everyone ever named Luka was born in this single decade.
3,697 babies were named Luka in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luka
The Social Security Administration has registered 25,067 babies named Luka between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Luka currently holds the #94 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 3,697 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luka performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 16,204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Luka shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,693 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Luka in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luka 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 25,067 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.
Luka at a glance
Top 100 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Luka popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2024)
- 3,697
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #94 among boys.
25,067 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 3,697 births in a single year.
Luka popularity over time — girls
537 total births recorded since 1987 (Luka as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Luka accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Luka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 16,204 births that decade — 65% of Luka's all-time total
Luka decade highlights
- Peak decade 16,204 births
- Runner-up 6,579 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Luka's strongest decade
16,204 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Luka by state
Where Luka concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,693 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,222 | 12.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,674 | 6.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,486 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,185 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 921 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 732 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 620 | 2.5% |
3,693 of 25,067 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.7% of nationwide
- Texas 12.9% of nationwide
- Florida 6.7% of nationwide
- New York 5.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Luka appears in 51 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, 1975–2024 (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.