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Luke

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~310,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#33 among boys
Births in 2025
6,957 323,585 since 1880
Typical age
18 years, median

Luke popularity over time

Luke rank by birth year, 1880–2025Luke ranked #252 in 1880 and #33 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #28, in 2014.#100#3318901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2014 is the peak year for Luke, with 10,536 births. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 36 separate years.

The 2025 position is #33, on 6,957 births. The ten-year change is -32%.

Babies named Luke per yearPeaks at 10,536 births in 2014.10,536 in 2014018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Luke?

Roughly 310,300 Lukes are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 323,585 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Luke?

Half of living Lukes are older than 18, half younger. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Luke a current name.

Your Luke

Ages of living people named LukeHalf of living Lukes are older than 18 and half younger.median 18020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Luke is most common

Wyoming uses the name 2.7× as often as the country as a whole. Hawaii, Alaska and Delaware follow.

Where Luke is used more than average5 states use the name Luke more than the national average.Alaska: 2.0× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: 1.8× the national rateMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.7× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.0× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 2.5× the national rateHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Luke is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Wyoming 142 2.7×
Hawaii 363 2.5×
Alaska 219 2.0×
Delaware 264 2.0×
Montana 265 1.8×

Luke in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Luke ranked #131 in 2025 on 380 births. That is 30% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Luke comes from

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς. See the Greek entry for more.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Luke

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Luke Shaw English association football player 1995 66
Luke Perry American actor 1966–2019 57
Luke Evans Welsh actor and singer 1979 51
Luke Wilson American actor 1971 48
Luke Grimes American actor 1984 35
Luke Hemsworth Australian actor 1980 35
Luke Benward American actor 1995 34
Luke Bracey Australian actor 1989 33
Photo credits (8)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,247 in 1977 to 1,892 in 1978 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Luke

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

Same feel, less common

The same matches, limited to names given at most half as often as Luke was in 2025.

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