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
2014 · 10,523 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

girls
#14,959
6 births · 1 in 296,266 girls
boys
#41
8,850 births · 1 in 217 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #14,959Luke6

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #41Luke8,850
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 296,266 of them was named Luke, which outranked 24.6% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luke
  1. #13,448Zykiria7
  2. #13,448Zynah7
  3. #13,448Zyniyah7
  4. #14,959Luke6
  5. #14,959Aaishah6
  6. #14,959Aamirah6
  7. #14,959Aamori6
  8. #16,992Aaditri5
  9. #16,992Aalaya5
  10. #16,992Aaliayah5

Tied with 2,032 names at #14,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 217 of them was named Luke, which outranked 99.7% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luke
  1. #38Gavin9,626
  2. #39Isaac9,371
  3. #40Brayden9,122
  4. #41Luke8,850
  5. #42Angel8,776
  6. #43Isaiah8,589
  7. #44Brandon8,549
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

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

See the top 100 for 2010