Meaning not yet researched.
Luke: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6,948 in 2025. Its best rank was #28 in 2015.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #28 in 2015; #33 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Luke in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#33 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2015, at #28.
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Luke: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6,948 boys in 2025. Peak: #28 in 2015 · most boys in one year: 10,523 (2014).
In 2025, 6,948 US boys were named Luke, making it the 33rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 1 place from #34 in 2024. That is 114 fewer than the 7,062 boys named Luke in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #28, reached in 2015. The most boys given the name in a single year was 10,523, in 2014. For comparison, it was #28 in 2015 and #516 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Luke in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 43 babies with the name. In all, 323,585 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 93,358 babies named Luke.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 80,440 US boys were named Luke; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 10,001. In 2025 that was about 1 in 246 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Luke ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #5 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Lucas (331,628 babies since 1880), Luca (79,211 babies since 1880), Lukas (44,072 babies since 1880) and Luka (29,522 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Luce, Luck and Luk are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lucas.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Luce (38), Luck (30), Luk (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Luke is listed as a nickname for Lucas, Lucias, Luther.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 41 | #5 | #11 |
| Louisiana | 121 | #12 | #10 |
| North Carolina | 285 | #20 | #13 |
| Virginia | 215 | #20 | #19 |
| Connecticut | 93 | #22 | #27 |
| North Dakota | 27 | #22 | #27 |
| Oklahoma | 101 | #25 | #15 |
| Wyoming | 13 | #25 | #5 |
| Oregon | 92 | #25 | #32 |
| Alaska | 19 | #25 | #26 |
| Utah | 105 | #26 | #13 |
| Pennsylvania | 289 | #26 | #24 |
| Georgia | 230 | #26 | #38 |
| Idaho | 53 | #26 | #23 |
| New Mexico | 40 | #27 | #17 |
| South Dakota | 26 | #29 | #30 |
| Texas | 815 | #30 | #19 |
| Arizona | 164 | #30 | #31 |
| Vermont | 12 | #30 | #49 |
| Florida | 464 | #30 | #32 |
| Missouri | 151 | #31 | #25 |
| Montana | 27 | #32 | #11 |
| Alabama | 104 | #32 | #26 |
| Tennessee | 166 | #32 | #21 |
| Colorado | 134 | #33 | #20 |
| Kansas | 74 | #34 | #20 |
| District of Columbia | 20 | #34 | #45 |
| South Carolina | 101 | #35 | #37 |
| Ohio | 247 | #36 | #21 |
| New Jersey | 197 | #37 | #31 |
| Washington | 147 | #37 | #27 |
| Iowa | 67 | #37 | #54 |
| Michigan | 184 | #38 | #31 |
| Nevada | 56 | #39 | #35 |
| New Hampshire | 29 | #41 | #37 |
| Indiana | 137 | #42 | #21 |
| Rhode Island | 20 | #42 | #42 |
| Delaware | 18 | #43 | #11 |
| Kentucky | 89 | #44 | #21 |
| California | 738 | #44 | #40 |
| Massachusetts | 124 | #45 | #40 |
| Arkansas | 56 | #45 | #16 |
| Maryland | 105 | #46 | #36 |
| Wisconsin | 97 | #49 | #56 |
| Mississippi | 42 | #52 | #49 |
| Illinois | 176 | #56 | #42 |
| West Virginia | 29 | #57 | #44 |
| New York | 278 | #60 | #44 |
| Nebraska | 36 | #65 | #40 |
| Minnesota | 79 | #72 | #57 |
| Maine | 15 | #87 | #49 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,574 | 6,948 | #33 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,926 | 7,062 | #34 |
| 2023 | — | — | 7,251 | #31 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,050 | 7,393 | #34 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,977 | 7,711 | #32 |
| 2020 | 6 | #14,438 | 7,784 | #31 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,182 | 8,442 | #32 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,084 | 8,624 | #30 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,212 | 9,224 | #30 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,813 | 10,001 | #29 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,517 | 10,294 | #28 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,773 | 10,523 | #28 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,203 | 9,588 | #34 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,937 | 9,022 | #37 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,902 | 8,706 | #39 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,169 | 8,850 | #41 |
| 2009 | — | — | 8,625 | #47 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,504 | 9,424 | #43 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,848 | 9,609 | #46 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,063 | 10,087 | #43 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,355 | 10,011 | #41 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,958 | 9,598 | #41 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,435 | 9,304 | #46 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,729 | 8,692 | #46 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,839 | 8,008 | #50 |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,527 | 7,148 | #59 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,022 | 6,137 | #67 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,786 | 5,284 | #75 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,391 | 4,953 | #78 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,796 | 5,017 | #75 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,694 | 4,629 | #82 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,934 | 4,095 | #91 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,828 | 4,357 | #87 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,893 | 4,066 | #93 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,345 | 3,013 | #113 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,895 | 2,883 | #118 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,373 | 2,712 | #121 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,971 | 2,619 | #119 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,988 | 2,592 | #111 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,108 | 2,654 | #106 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,217 | 2,741 | #106 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,476 | 2,471 | #110 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,497 | 2,655 | #105 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,112 | 2,478 | #119 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,140 | 3,013 | #100 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,788 | 3,109 | #97 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,979 | 2,470 | #110 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,196 | 1,882 | #139 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,559 | 1,242 | #190 |
| 1976 | — | — | 913 | #223 |
| 1975 | — | — | 778 | #256 |
| 1974 | — | — | 725 | #265 |
| 1973 | — | — | 633 | #285 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,044 | 575 | #319 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,809 | 530 | #348 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,596 | 535 | #351 |
| 1969 | — | — | 451 | #367 |
| 1968 | — | — | 387 | #396 |
| 1967 | — | — | 346 | #409 |
| 1966 | — | — | 355 | #398 |
| 1965 | — | — | 400 | #392 |
| 1964 | — | — | 445 | #374 |
| 1963 | — | — | 422 | #387 |
| 1962 | — | — | 426 | #392 |
| 1961 | — | — | 413 | #393 |
| 1960 | — | — | 426 | #384 |
| 1959 | — | — | 353 | #425 |
| 1958 | — | — | 337 | #429 |
| 1957 | — | — | 291 | #452 |
| 1956 | — | — | 245 | #486 |
| 1955 | — | — | 219 | #500 |
| 1954 | — | — | 197 | #519 |
| 1953 | — | — | 169 | #544 |
| 1952 | — | — | 158 | #557 |
| 1951 | — | — | 169 | #528 |
| 1950 | — | — | 170 | #516 |
| 1949 | — | — | 155 | #534 |
| 1948 | — | — | 155 | #533 |
| 1947 | — | — | 151 | #550 |
| 1946 | — | — | 130 | #564 |
| 1945 | — | — | 116 | #557 |
| 1944 | — | — | 118 | #562 |
| 1943 | — | — | 126 | #566 |
| 1942 | — | — | 110 | #601 |
| 1941 | — | — | 121 | #540 |
| 1940 | — | — | 116 | #548 |
| 1939 | — | — | 116 | #533 |
| 1938 | — | — | 123 | #524 |
| 1937 | — | — | 113 | #547 |
| 1936 | — | — | 116 | #532 |
| 1935 | — | — | 121 | #526 |
| 1934 | — | — | 122 | #533 |
| 1933 | — | — | 110 | #547 |
| 1932 | — | — | 165 | #438 |
| 1931 | — | — | 142 | #475 |
| 1930 | — | — | 141 | #503 |
| 1929 | — | — | 153 | #475 |
| 1928 | — | — | 149 | #496 |
| 1927 | — | — | 158 | #481 |
| 1926 | — | — | 162 | #472 |
| 1925 | — | — | 165 | #470 |
| 1924 | — | — | 206 | #425 |
| 1923 | — | — | 185 | #451 |
| 1922 | — | — | 190 | #441 |
| 1921 | — | — | 165 | #479 |
| 1920 | — | — | 166 | #472 |
| 1919 | — | — | 165 | #460 |
| 1918 | — | — | 176 | #447 |
| 1917 | — | — | 163 | #444 |
| 1916 | — | — | 183 | #412 |
| 1915 | — | — | 157 | #432 |
| 1914 | — | — | 168 | #366 |
| 1913 | — | — | 115 | #403 |
| 1912 | — | — | 83 | #429 |
| 1911 | — | — | 62 | #351 |
| 1910 | — | — | 71 | #294 |
| 1909 | — | — | 57 | #306 |
| 1908 | — | — | 52 | #304 |
| 1907 | — | — | 45 | #320 |
| 1906 | — | — | 57 | #261 |
| 1905 | — | — | 53 | #271 |
| 1904 | — | — | 40 | #317 |
| 1903 | — | — | 46 | #274 |
| 1902 | — | — | 41 | #301 |
| 1901 | — | — | 37 | #287 |
| 1900 | — | — | 70 | #243 |
| 1899 | — | — | 35 | #296 |
| 1898 | — | — | 38 | #314 |
| 1897 | — | — | 44 | #264 |
| 1896 | — | — | 45 | #274 |
| 1895 | — | — | 53 | #248 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #313 |
| 1893 | — | — | 48 | #255 |
| 1892 | — | — | 42 | #282 |
| 1891 | — | — | 23 | #362 |
| 1890 | — | — | 42 | #269 |
| 1889 | — | — | 44 | #245 |
| 1888 | — | — | 45 | #268 |
| 1887 | — | — | 47 | #236 |
| 1886 | — | — | 50 | #241 |
| 1885 | — | — | 50 | #234 |
| 1884 | — | — | 39 | #275 |
| 1883 | — | — | 38 | #270 |
| 1882 | — | — | 44 | #259 |
| 1881 | — | — | 42 | #241 |
| 1880 | — | — | 43 | #256 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).