Luke

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #33 for boys in 2025, 6,948 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#28
2014 · 10,523 births
Debut · boys
1880
43 births
In top 100 · boys
36 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
323,020
since 1880

Luke over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #28, 2014boys
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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#336,948
2024#12,1617#347,062
2023—#317,251
2022#12,2437#347,393
2021#12,2067#327,711
2020#13,4536#317,784
2019#9,73610#328,442
2018#10,5459#308,624
2017#14,1246#309,224
2016#9,41111#2910,001
2015#11,8358#2810,294
2014#8,48513#2810,523
2013#16,5475#349,588
2012#12,1998#379,022
2011#12,1538#398,706
2010#14,9596#418,850
2009—#478,625
2008#10,08411#439,424
2007#13,9247#469,609
2006#8,71513#4310,087
2005#7,13816#4110,011
2004#3,89836#419,598
2003#7,20715#469,304
2002#10,2469#468,692
2001#6,61916#508,008
2000#15,0315#597,148
1999#7,71612#676,137
1998#9,2609#755,284
1997#9,8028#784,953
1996#11,8076#755,017
1995#11,7836#824,629
1994#7,60411#914,095
1993#7,49811#874,357
1992#6,65213#934,066
1991#7,98710#1133,013
1990#10,1937#1182,883
1989#9,6817#1212,712
1988#3,89323#1192,619
1987#4,85716#1112,592
1986#4,96415#1062,654
1985#4,12619#1062,741
1984#3,42324#1102,471
1983#3,43123#1052,655
1982#4,02519#1192,478
1981#5,88511#1003,013
1980#3,71921#973,109
1979#5,75111#1102,470
1978#5,95810#1391,882
1977#9,6525#1901,242
1976—#223913
1975—#256778
1974—#265725
1973—#285633
1972#8,2925#319575
1971#5,5439#347530
1970#7,0706#351535
1969—#367451
1968—#396387
1967—#409346
1966—#398355
1965—#392400
1964—#374445
1963—#386422
1962—#392426
1961—#393413
1960—#383426
1959—#424353
1958—#429337
1957—#452291
1956—#486245
1955—#500219
1954—#516197
1953—#544169
1952—#556158
1951—#525169
1950—#514170
1949—#533155
1948—#532155
1947—#548151
1946—#562130
1945—#554116
1944—#559118
1943—#565126
1942—#598110
1941—#535121
1940—#545116
1939—#533116
1938—#522123
1937—#547113
1936—#529116
1935—#525121
1934—#530122
1933—#543110
1932—#438165
1931—#474142
1930—#503141
1929—#474153
1928—#495149
1927—#481158
1926—#472162
1925—#467165
1924—#424206
1923—#449185
1922—#440190
1921—#476165
1920—#472166
1919—#459165
1918—#447176
1917—#443163
1916—#411183
1915—#432157
1914—#365168
1913—#402115
1912—#42883
1911—#34962
1910—#29171
1909—#30257
1908—#30352
1907—#31845
1906—#26157
1905—#27053
1904—#31240
1903—#27346
1902—#29941
1901—#28437
1900—#24370
1899—#29435
1898—#30738
1897—#26344
1896—#27045
1895—#24553
1894—#30832
1893—#25548
1892—#27942
1891—#35923
1890—#26842
1889—#24444
1888—#26245
1887—#23047
1886—#23550
1885—#23350
1884—#27139
1883—#26338
1882—#25844
1881—#23742
1880—#25243
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Luke was already there! It came in at #252, and was given to 43 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 24 boys a year got the name.

See more about Luke
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#34 → #33)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#31 → #33)
  • 5 spots since 2015 (#28 → #33)
  • Biggest jump: 80 spots in 1892 (#359 → #279)
  • Biggest drop: 105 spots in 1933 (#438 → #543)
Rise & fade · boys
134 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2014 at #28 (10,523 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1992–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 183
  • Highest: 1 in 183 boys born in 2014 were named Luke (0.55%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246 boys born in 2025 (0.41%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.9% of all boys named Luke (93,274) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s442#230 (1887)#249
1890s402#245 (1895)#285
1900s498#243 (1900)#287
1910s1,343#291 (1910)#403
1920s1,699#424 (1924)#465
1930s1,269#438 (1932)#514
1940s1,298#532 (1948)#553
1950s2,308#424 (1959)#495
1960s4,071#367 (1969)#389
1970s10,283#110 (1979)#249
1980s27,044#97 (1980)#109
1990s44,434#67 (1999)#88
2000s90,506#41 (2005)#46
2010s93,274#28 (2014)#33
2020s44,149#31 (2020)#33

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.

Luke in 1996

girls
#11,807
6 births · 1 in 292,168 girls
boys
#75
5,017 births · 1 in 378 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #11,807Luke6

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #75Luke5,017
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 292,168 of them was named Luke, which outranked 25.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luke
  1. #10,567Zuly7
  2. #10,567Zury7
  3. #10,567Zyanya7
  4. #11,807Luke6
  5. #11,807Aalayah6
  6. #11,807Aamna6
  7. #11,807Aarthi6
  8. #13,518Aaleeyah5
  9. #13,518Abbiegail5
  10. #13,518Abigahil5

Tied with 1,710 names at #11,807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 378 of them was named Luke, which outranked 99.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luke
  1. #72Jeffrey5,263
  2. #73Travis5,159
  3. #74Jesus5,115
  4. #75Luke5,017
  5. #76Chase4,992
  6. #77Kenneth4,973
  7. #78Paul4,883
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →