Luc
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Luc is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Lucania”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Luc mean?
Greek: French form of Luke
“from Lucania”
French form of Luke, the Gospel writer.
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Is Luc a girl's or a boy's name?
Luc is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luc in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Luc, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 82 boys.
Half of all the boys named Luc in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 481 boys in the UK were given Luc or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #132, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Luke 478
- Luc 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Luc in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,030 |
| 2011 | 38 | #859 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 34 | #900 |
| 2008 | 48 | #701 |
| 2007 | 47 | #676 |
| 2006 | 58 | #564 |
| 2005 | 76 | #425 |
| 2004 | 69 | #443 |
| 2003 | 69 | #419 |
| 2002 | 82 | #351 |
| 2001 | 78 | #369 |
| 2000 | 79 | #362 |
| 1999 | 62 | #402 |
| 1998 | 59 | #417 |
| 1997 | 50 | #449 |
| 1996 | 45 | #462 |
How popular is Luc in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Luc, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 172 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Luc in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,981 boys in the US were given Luc or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #39, up from #3,449 for this spelling alone.
- Luke 6,948
- Luc 33
Luc in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,363 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 78 | #1,871 |
| 2016 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 2012 | 88 | #1,710 |
| 2011 | 97 | #1,587 |
| 2010 | 124 | #1,368 |
| 2009 | 100 | #1,593 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,387 |
| 2006 | 137 | #1,224 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,080 |
| 2004 | 154 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 153 | #1,028 |
| 2002 | 172 | #929 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 137 | #1,046 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,179 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,202 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,166 |
| 1996 | 91 | #1,224 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,270 |
| 1994 | 42 | #1,972 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 45 | #1,815 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,941 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
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