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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #87 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 335 boysAKMaine: #70 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 293 boysMEVermont: #62 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 180 boysVTNew Hampshire: #105 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 571 boysNHWashington: #81 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 382 boysWAIdaho: #97 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 418 boysIDMontana: #76 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 271 boysMTNorth Dakota: #51 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 165 boysNDMinnesota: #55 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 206 boysMNIllinois: #101 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 571 boysILWisconsin: #57 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 233 boysWIMichigan: #124 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 836 boysMINew York: #134 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 882 boysNYMassachusetts: #85 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 568 boysMARhode Island: #102 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 655 boysRIOregon: #88 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 414 boysORNevada: #176 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 999 boysNVWyoming: #72 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 243 boysWYSouth Dakota: #53 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 173 boysSDIowa: #50 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 172 boysIAIndiana: #73 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 342 boysINOhio: #106 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 656 boysOHPennsylvania: #102 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 684 boysPANew Jersey: #189 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,412 boysNJConnecticut: #128 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 963 boysCTCalifornia: #204 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 1,158 boysCAUtah: #134 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 720 boysUTColorado: #91 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 456 boysCONebraska: #66 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 256 boysNEMissouri: #77 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 389 boysMOKentucky: #104 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 627 boysKYWest Virginia: #94 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 489 boysWVVirginia: #129 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 805 boysVAMaryland: #136 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 891 boysMDDelaware: #139 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 939 boysDEArizona: #123 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 582 boysAZNew Mexico: #88 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 375 boysNMKansas: #83 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 348 boysKSArkansas: #123 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 639 boysARTennessee: #112 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 608 boysTNNorth Carolina: #125 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 771 boysNCSouth Carolina: #208 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,179 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #256 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,095 boysDCOklahoma: #119 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 604 boysOKLouisiana: #231 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,227 boysLAMississippi: #244 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,430 boysMSAlabama: #173 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 932 boysALGeorgia: #189 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 1,150 boysGAHawaii: #198 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 986 boysHITexas: #215 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 1,157 boysTXFlorida: #197 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 1,207 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#50 · 1 in 172
  2. North Dakota#51 · 1 in 165
  3. South Dakota#53 · 1 in 173
  4. Minnesota#55 · 1 in 206
  5. Wisconsin#57 · 1 in 233

Best ever in a state: #1 in Rhode Island, 2017.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#501061 in 172
North Dakota#51281 in 165
South Dakota#53271 in 173
Minnesota#551531 in 206
Wisconsin#571421 in 233
Vermont#62191 in 180
Nebraska#66431 in 256
Maine#70261 in 293
Wyoming#72101 in 243
Indiana#731161 in 342
Montana#76171 in 271
Missouri#77971 in 389
Washington#81891 in 382
Kansas#83491 in 348
Massachusetts#85771 in 568
Alaska#87131 in 335
New Mexico#88311 in 375
Oregon#88471 in 414
Colorado#91531 in 456
West Virginia#94211 in 489
Idaho#97161 in 418
Illinois#1011521 in 571
Pennsylvania#1021191 in 684
Rhode Island#102101 in 655
Kentucky#104391 in 627
New Hampshire#105141 in 571
Ohio#1061191 in 656
Tennessee#112571 in 608
Oklahoma#119341 in 604
Arizona#123521 in 582
Arkansas#123241 in 639
Michigan#124831 in 836
North Carolina#125601 in 771
Connecticut#128231 in 963
Virginia#129521 in 805
New York#1341531 in 882
Utah#134231 in 720
Maryland#136361 in 891
Delaware#13951 in 939
Alabama#173291 in 932
Nevada#17681 in 999
Georgia#189431 in 1,150
New Jersey#189391 in 1,412
Florida#197741 in 1,207
Hawaii#19871 in 986
California#2042321 in 1,158
South Carolina#208201 in 1,179
Texas#2151281 in 1,157
Louisiana#231261 in 1,227
Mississippi#244121 in 1,430
District of Columbia#256121 in 1,095

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1989

girls
#6,955
11 births · 1 in 167,596 girls
boys
#114
2,865 births · 1 in 698 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #6,955Lucas11

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #114Lucas2,865
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 167,596 of them was named Lucas, which outranked 52.2% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucas
  1. #6,531Yoko12
  2. #6,531Yu12
  3. #6,531Zandria12
  4. #6,955Lucas11
  5. #6,955Aasha11
  6. #6,955Abbygail11
  7. #6,955Abeni11
  8. #7,449Aaren10
  9. #7,449Addy10
  10. #7,449Adella10

Tied with 493 names at #6,955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 698 of them was named Lucas, which outranked 98.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lucas
  1. #111Curtis2,965
  2. #112Johnathan2,964
  3. #113Chase2,866
  4. #114Lucas2,865
  5. #115Dylan2,853
  6. #116Mario2,843
  7. #117Martin2,797
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989