Lucan
Boy · LOO-kun · Latin
Lucan is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Lucania”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Lucan mean?
Latin: from the Roman name Lucanus, 'from Lucania'
“from Lucania”
Lucan was a Roman poet whose epic Pharsalia tells of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey.
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Is Lucan a girl's or a boy's name?
Lucan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lucan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Lucan, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Lucan than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Lucan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Lucan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Lucan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 boys in the US were named Lucan, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Lucan in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lucan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,452 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
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