Boys' name · since 2006

Lukian

Lukian has 46 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#22,773 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,407 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
46
born since 2006
2020s
peak decade

46 babies have been named Lukian since 2006, making it today's #9407 boys' name.

Lukian has 46 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9407 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.

  • #22,773 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #9,407 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 46 born since 2006
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lukian ranks #22,773 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,407 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 46 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.

#22,773 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#9,407 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
46
born since 2006
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%32.4%
Lukian vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Lukian's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Lukian compares

46 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Lukian's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Lukian Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 46 369 358,536
Peak-year births 11 34 22,252

Lukian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Lukian splits its recorded history at 2019: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Lukian popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
11
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
4681012 2006200920162019202320242025 8

Lukian by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 52% of the file).

2020s was Lukian's strongest decade.

24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.

Lukian births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (52% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lukian?
Since 2006, Social Security records show 46 babies named Lukian. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #22,773 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #9,407 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 11 births.
Where does Lukian sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lukian ranks #22,773 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,407 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Lukian most popular?
Lukian was most popular in the 2020s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Lukian been used?
Lukian has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 20 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Lukian?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Luke, Lukas, Luka, Lukus, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Lukian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lukian draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.