Luka

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · #85 for boys in 2025, 3,873 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#85
2025 · 3,873 births
Debut · boys
1975
6 births
In top 100 · boys
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
28,959
since 1975

Luka over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003boysat peak
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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#5,09925#853,873
2024#6,39418#943,708
2023#5,24824#953,657
2022#5,30924#1173,303
2021#4,32632#1153,209
2020#4,45330#1612,344
2019#5,98620#2211,704
2018#4,76828#3201,049
2017#4,47731#439707
2016#4,85028#471649
2015#4,29533#524550
2014#7,30216#559494
2013#5,31725#586433
2012#6,34120#638375
2011#5,54324#747303
2010#6,90418#727316
2009#6,09122#780291
2008#6,79919#775286
2007#7,39417#749298
2006—#809252
2005#5,99920#866212
2004#7,39115#849209
2003#6,57617#1,060146
2002#11,1088#1,177119
2001#15,3525#1,171117
2000#9,8749#1,42986
1999#9,4799#2,34738
1998—#2,50734
1997—#2,90326
1996#10,5677#3,83017
1995—#3,43219
1994—#3,91116
1993—#3,14121
1992—#4,11414
1991—#4,23113
1990—#4,99310
1989—#5,1659
1988#8,3918#5,2008
1987#6,33511#4,9688
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1984—#4,9737
1983—#5,4846
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1976—#4,9356
1975—#4,7976
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five boys were named Luka! It came in at #4,797, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Luka
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#94 → #85)
  • 76 spots since 2020 (#161 → #85)
  • 439 spots since 2015 (#524 → #85)
  • Biggest jump: 211 spots in 2004 (#1,060 → #849)
  • Biggest drop: 26 spots in 2008 (#749 → #775)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 2025 at #85 (3,873 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2004–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 441
  • Highest: 1 in 441 boys born in 2025 were named Luka (0.23%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 69.4% of all boys named Luka (20,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s18#4,797 (1975)#4,930
1980s43#4,968 (1987)#5,342
1990s208#2,347 (1999)#3,541
2000s2,016#749 (2007)#967
2010s6,580#221 (2019)#523
2020s20,094#85 (2025)#111

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.

Luka in 2003

girls
#6,576
17 births · 1 in 107,479 girls
boys
#1,060
146 births · 1 in 13,530 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #6,576Luka17

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #1,060Luka146
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 107,479 of them was named Luka, which outranked 64.3% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luka
  1. #6,299Zabrina18
  2. #6,299Ziah18
  3. #6,299Ziya18
  4. #6,576Luka17
  5. #6,576Abriella17
  6. #6,576Adalie17
  7. #6,576Adasia17
  8. #6,885Aaniya16
  9. #6,885Abygale16
  10. #6,885Adriann16

Tied with 308 names at #6,576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 13,530 of them was named Luka, which outranked 91.7% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luka
  1. #1,055Hezekiah147
  2. #1,055Jackie147
  3. #1,055Kamden147
  4. #1,060Luka146
  5. #1,060Bilal146
  6. #1,060Dan146
  7. #1,060Donavin146
  8. #1,069Edison145
  9. #1,069Landyn145
  10. #1,069Ryley145

Tied with 8 names at #1,060; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →