Loukas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-kas
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Loukas is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Lucania”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Loukas mean?
Greek: Greek form of Luke
“from Lucania”
Greek form of Luke, the spelling used for the Gospel writer in the original New Testament Greek.
Is Loukas a girl's or a boy's name?
Loukas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Loukas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Loukas, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Loukas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,714 boys in the UK were given Loukas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Loukas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Loukas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,088among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Loukas, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Loukas in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,490 boys in the US were given Loukas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #11, up from #3,088 for this spelling alone.
Loukas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Loukas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Atlas Musa Muhammad Yahya Theo Yusuf Ilyas Zayan Ayaan Idris Eesa
Other spellings of Loukas
Names related to Loukas
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
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, “Loukas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/loukas, updated 20 October 2026.