Lucus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-kus
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Lucus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Lucania”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Lucus mean?
Latin: spelling variant of Lucas, via Greek Loukas
“from Lucania”
Respelling of Lucas, the Latin form of Luke, the Gospel writer traditionally described as a physician.
Is Lucus a girl's or a boy's name?
Lucus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lucus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Lucus, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lucus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,714 boys in the UK were given Lucus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Lucus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Lucus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Lucus, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Lucus in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,490 boys in the US were given Lucus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #11, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Lucus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,930 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 46 | #1,859 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,177 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,070 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
Nicknames for Lucus
- Luke 478 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Lucus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Marcus Cruz Marco Luis Perez Magnus Maximus Victor Cooper Rio Spencer
Other spellings of Lucus
Names related to Lucus
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Lucus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lucus, updated 20 October 2026.