Lucky
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- LUCK-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,571 for boys
Lucky is a name of English origin, meaning “fortunate”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 1,571st for boys in the US (108 babies).
What does Lucky mean?
English: word name
“fortunate”
An English word name from luck, a word borrowed from Middle Dutch or Low German in the late Middle Ages.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lucky a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lucky has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 12 boys in the UK and 34 girls and 108 boys in the US.
How popular is Lucky in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 156% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Lucky, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. 4 girls were also named Lucky in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Lucky of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Lucky in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Lucky in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Lucky in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,571among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were named Lucky, making it the 1,571st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. It first appears in the records in 1912. 34 girls were also named Lucky in 2025 (4,171st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Lucky of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Lucky in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 122 boys in the US were given Lucky or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,320, up from #1,571 for this spelling alone.
- Lucky 108
- Lucki 8
- Luckie 6
In 2025, 24% of the babies named Lucky in the US were girls.
Lucky in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,571 |
| 2024 | 87 | #1,856 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 70 | #2,078 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,335 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 70 | #1,918 |
| 2005 | 68 | #1,865 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 52 | #1,760 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,861 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,317 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,425 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,344 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,156 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,272 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,111 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,057 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,194 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,109 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,013 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1945 | 48 | #927 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,055 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Names like Lucky
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sonny Lenny Rory Tommy Toby Grayson Hunter Frankie Hudson Bobby Carter Joey
Names related to Lucky
More English 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, “Lucky: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucky, updated 20 October 2026.