Lucas

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #10 for boys in 2025, 10,219 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2018 · 12,665 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
35 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
331,092
since 1881

Lucas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #8, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#1010,219
2024#10,2719#910,743
2023#9,61610#910,890
2022#6,98416#810,973
2021#15,2515#811,584
2020#12,1427#811,386
2019#6,17619#812,483
2018#6,24819#812,665
2017#8,77612#1113,032
2016#9,41111#1412,906
2015#7,26616#1612,331
2014#11,9318#1912,175
2013#10,23510#2311,558
2012#13,4837#2710,718
2011#8,61413#2910,405
2010#8,27114#3510,388
2009#10,67910#399,620
2008#8,10915#469,328
2007#8,09815#538,759
2006#9,90111#598,139
2005#10,12810#587,578
2004#3,68939#666,716
2003—#715,756
2002#7,81613#755,381
2001—#834,900
2000#13,1546#834,818
1999#12,6886#904,220
1998#9,2609#934,093
1997#9,8028#984,034
1996—#934,106
1995#10,5147#914,086
1994#8,8049#954,009
1993—#953,923
1992#8,7349#1063,379
1991#10,2717#1073,240
1990#8,5019#1123,088
1989#6,95511#1142,865
1988#6,66611#1122,716
1987#7,3539#1212,327
1986#6,15611#1262,197
1985#7,5638#1222,318
1984#5,53912#1302,115
1983#4,68615#1172,359
1982#4,52716#1062,740
1981#4,16218#883,371
1980#4,74315#983,080
1979#5,75111#1082,540
1978#4,67914#1361,953
1977#5,88810#2051,098
1976#7,2967#231877
1975—#231890
1974—#318565
1973—#450303
1972—#516231
1971—#577200
1970—#643160
1969—#707122
1968—#75197
1967—#94359
1966—#81280
1965—#82081
1964—#79290
1963—#87374
1962—#81786
1961—#80390
1960—#86278
1959—#97562
1958—#1,06052
1957—#1,41131
1956—#1,31734
1955—#1,31333
1954—#1,70620
1953—#1,63022
1952—#1,26834
1951—#1,43027
1950—#1,49924
1949—#1,46225
1948—#1,34629
1947—#1,25234
1946—#1,29929
1945—#1,34924
1944—#1,23529
1943—#1,48622
1942—#1,53721
1941—#1,37224
1940—#1,57319
1939—#1,29726
1938—#1,68917
1937—#1,31326
1936—#1,46321
1935—#1,14833
1934—#1,35725
1933—#1,40523
1932—#1,35626
1931—#1,33327
1930—#1,29930
1929—#1,23732
1928—#1,14738
1927—#1,19836
1926—#1,12440
1925—#1,18436
1924—#1,00549
1923—#97650
1922—#1,18137
1921—#1,05844
1920—#1,10841
1919—#1,24732
1918—#91852
1917—#1,13235
1916—#1,13833
1915—#98041
1914—#1,12726
1913—#95027
1912—#97022
1911—#1,3877
1910—#98111
1909—#95110
1908—#9469
1907—#1,3455
1906—#1,0047
1905—#1,2335
1904—#1,0646
1903—#9107
1902—#1,0136
1901——
1900——
1899—#66110
1898—#8048
1897——
1896—#9007
1895—#9786
1894—#7878
1893—#65010
1892—#68810
1891—#7008
1890——
1889——
1888—#9176
1887——
1886—#6948
1885—#8366
1884—#9715
1883—#8925
1882——
1881—#53311
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Lucas! It came in at #533, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lucas is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lucas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#9 → #10)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#8 → #10)
  • 6 spots since 2015 (#16 → #10)
  • Biggest jump: 417 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 406 spots in 1911 (#981 → #1,387)
Rise & fade · boys
137 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 2018 at #8 (12,665 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
  • Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1993–2025
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1959–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 142
  • Highest: 1 in 142 boys born in 2017 were named Lucas (0.70%)
  • Latest: 1 in 167 boys born in 2025 (0.60%)
  • Its best rank, #8 in 2018, was only 1 in 143 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.8% of all boys named Lucas (118,661) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#533 (1881)#807
1890s67#650 (1893)#771
1900s55#910 (1903)#1,058
1910s286#918 (1918)#1,083
1920s403#976 (1923)#1,122
1930s254#1,148 (1935)#1,366
1940s256#1,235 (1944)#1,391
1950s339#975 (1959)#1,361
1960s857#707 (1969)#818
1970s8,817#108 (1979)#342
1980s26,088#88 (1981)#113
1990s38,178#90 (1999)#98
2000s70,995#39 (2009)#63
2010s118,661#8 (2018)#19
2020s65,795#8 (2021)#9

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lucas in 1909

boys
#951
10 births · 1 in 16,400 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #951Lucas10
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 16,400 of them was named Lucas, which outranked 43.4% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucas
  1. #893Sarah11
  2. #893Sonny11
  3. #893Waino11
  4. #951Lucas10
  5. #951Adelbert10
  6. #951Angel10
  7. #951Arvin10
  8. #1,020Alberta9
  9. #1,020Allison9
  10. #1,020Alvah9

Tied with 68 names at #951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →