Lukas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-kas
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #334 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #288 for boys
Lukas is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Lucania”. In 2025 it ranked 334th for boys in the UK (147 babies) and 288th for boys in the US (1,161 babies).
What does Lukas mean?
Greek: German, Scandinavian and Lithuanian form of Lucas
“from Lucania”
German, Scandinavian, Czech and Lithuanian form of Luke.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lukas a girl's or a boy's name?
Lukas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 147 boys in the UK and 1,161 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lukas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 334th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 147 about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 147 boys in the UK were named Lukas, making it the 334th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 239th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 342 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lukas than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Lukas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,714 boys in the UK were given Lukas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #334 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 321st in England and Wales and 367th in Scotland.
Lukas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | #334 |
| 2024 | 158 | #314 |
| 2023 | 191 | #272 |
| 2022 | 216 | #244 |
| 2021 | 211 | #261 |
| 2020 | 234 | #239 |
| 2019 | 258 | #228 |
| 2018 | 283 | #211 |
| 2017 | 281 | #217 |
| 2016 | 318 | #200 |
| 2015 | 258 | #245 |
| 2014 | 285 | #223 |
| 2013 | 336 | #193 |
| 2012 | 342 | #195 |
| 2011 | 282 | #209 |
| 2010 | 278 | #211 |
| 2009 | 265 | #207 |
| 2008 | 216 | #237 |
| 2007 | 211 | #235 |
| 2006 | 153 | #273 |
| 2005 | 123 | #295 |
| 2004 | 98 | #339 |
| 2003 | 81 | #367 |
| 2002 | 89 | #329 |
| 2001 | 75 | #378 |
| 2000 | 64 | #401 |
| 1999 | 56 | #441 |
| 1998 | 54 | #447 |
| 1997 | 68 | #384 |
| 1996 | 38 | #506 |
How popular is Lukas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 288th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,161 about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,161 boys in the US were named Lukas, making it the 288th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 218th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 1,787 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer boys named Lukas than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Lukas in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,490 boys in the US were given Lukas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #11, up from #288 for this spelling alone.
Lukas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,161 | #288 |
| 2024 | 1,289 | #269 |
| 2023 | 1,481 | #236 |
| 2022 | 1,475 | #236 |
| 2021 | 1,673 | #227 |
| 2020 | 1,711 | #218 |
| 2019 | 1,787 | #214 |
| 2018 | 1,652 | #231 |
| 2017 | 1,743 | #220 |
| 2016 | 1,758 | #221 |
| 2015 | 1,430 | #253 |
| 2014 | 1,635 | #229 |
| 2013 | 1,492 | #242 |
| 2012 | 1,543 | #232 |
| 2011 | 1,388 | #249 |
| 2010 | 1,528 | #230 |
| 2009 | 1,449 | #244 |
| 2008 | 1,478 | #245 |
| 2007 | 1,547 | #236 |
| 2006 | 1,408 | #244 |
| 2005 | 1,257 | #262 |
| 2004 | 1,080 | #294 |
| 2003 | 961 | #311 |
| 2002 | 889 | #318 |
| 2001 | 818 | #338 |
| 2000 | 723 | #367 |
| 1999 | 721 | #362 |
| 1998 | 630 | #391 |
| 1997 | 607 | #391 |
| 1996 | 612 | #380 |
| 1995 | 536 | #425 |
| 1994 | 526 | #433 |
| 1993 | 469 | #457 |
| 1992 | 478 | #457 |
| 1991 | 376 | #512 |
| 1990 | 350 | #526 |
| 1989 | 373 | #494 |
| 1988 | 261 | #571 |
| 1987 | 190 | #661 |
| 1986 | 152 | #733 |
| 1985 | 196 | #627 |
| 1984 | 126 | #769 |
| 1983 | 147 | #706 |
| 1982 | 147 | #717 |
| 1981 | 162 | #679 |
| 1980 | 146 | #725 |
| 1979 | 119 | #794 |
| 1978 | 87 | #927 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,144 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,210 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
Nicknames for Lukas
- Luke 478 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Lukas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Luca, Yusuf, Abdullah, Syed, Mustafa, Amir, Umar, Yahya
Other spellings of Lukas
Names related to Lukas
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Lukas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lukas, updated 20 October 2026.