Louka
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-kah
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Louka is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Lucania”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Louka mean?
Latin: French and Slavic spelling of Luka (Luke), via Greek Loukas
“from Lucania”
A spelling of Luka, from Greek Loukas, the name of the Gospel writer Luke.
Is Louka a girl's or a boy's name?
Louka is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Louka in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Louka, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Louka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
How popular is Louka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Louka, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Louka in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Louka in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
Nicknames for Louka
- Lou 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Louka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Eesa Luca Musa Loki Koa Yunus Yusuf Albie Yahya Ruairi Rumi
Names related to Louka
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Louka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/louka, updated 20 October 2026.