Luken — #6673 US boys' name
277 babies named Luken in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Luken was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Luken in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luken
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Luken between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Luken currently holds the #6673 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luken performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Luken shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Luken in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luken 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 277 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.
Luken at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Luken popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2009)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #6673 among boys.
277 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 22 births in a single year.
Luken by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 141 births that decade — 51% of Luken's all-time total
Luken decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Luken's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Luken by state
Where Luken concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 277 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1999–2024 (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.