Luke
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ClassicBig in Northern Ireland
Luke is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Lucania”. In 2025 it ranked 122nd for boys in the UK (478 babies) and 33rd for boys in the US (6,948 babies).
What does Luke mean?
Greek: via Latin Lucas
“from Lucania”
From Greek Loukas, man from Lucania; St Luke wrote the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles.
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Is Luke a girl's or a boy's name?
Luke is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 478 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 6,948 boys in the US.
How popular is Luke in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #122among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 478about 1 in 630 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 478 boys in the UK were named Luke, making it the 122nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 86th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5,774 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 20 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Luke since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Luke in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 131st in England and Wales, 70th in Scotland and 83rd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#95), 1984 (#29), 1994 (#8), 2004 (#16) and 2014 (#44).
Luke in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 478 | #122 |
| 2024 | 520 | #113 |
| 2023 | 575 | #106 |
| 2022 | 659 | #96 |
| 2021 | 682 | #98 |
| 2020 | 736 | #86 |
| 2019 | 792 | #89 |
| 2018 | 883 | #83 |
| 2017 | 1,076 | #66 |
| 2016 | 1,319 | #52 |
| 2015 | 1,359 | #49 |
| 2014 | 1,631 | #43 |
| 2013 | 1,721 | #44 |
| 2012 | 1,832 | #43 |
| 2011 | 2,114 | #41 |
| 2010 | 2,395 | #37 |
| 2009 | 2,505 | #35 |
| 2008 | 2,944 | #27 |
| 2007 | 3,507 | #23 |
| 2006 | 3,886 | #17 |
| 2005 | 4,157 | #16 |
| 2004 | 4,025 | #15 |
| 2003 | 4,324 | #14 |
| 2002 | 4,699 | #14 |
| 2001 | 4,983 | #11 |
| 2000 | 5,196 | #13 |
| 1999 | 5,252 | #13 |
| 1998 | 5,167 | #15 |
| 1997 | 5,391 | #12 |
| 1996 | 5,774 | #12 |
How popular is Luke in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #33among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6,948about 1 in 250 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6,948 boys in the US were named Luke, making it the 33rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 31st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 10,523 boys. 9 girls were also named Luke in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Luke than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Luke in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Luke in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,948 | #33 |
| 2024 | 7,062 | #34 |
| 2023 | 7,251 | #31 |
| 2022 | 7,393 | #34 |
| 2021 | 7,711 | #32 |
| 2020 | 7,784 | #31 |
| 2019 | 8,442 | #32 |
| 2018 | 8,624 | #30 |
| 2017 | 9,224 | #30 |
| 2016 | 10,001 | #29 |
| 2015 | 10,294 | #28 |
| 2014 | 10,523 | #28 |
| 2013 | 9,588 | #34 |
| 2012 | 9,022 | #37 |
| 2011 | 8,706 | #39 |
| 2010 | 8,850 | #41 |
| 2009 | 8,625 | #47 |
| 2008 | 9,424 | #43 |
| 2007 | 9,609 | #46 |
| 2006 | 10,087 | #43 |
| 2005 | 10,011 | #41 |
| 2004 | 9,598 | #41 |
| 2003 | 9,304 | #46 |
| 2002 | 8,692 | #46 |
| 2001 | 8,008 | #50 |
| 2000 | 7,148 | #59 |
| 1999 | 6,137 | #67 |
| 1998 | 5,284 | #75 |
| 1997 | 4,953 | #78 |
| 1996 | 5,017 | #75 |
| 1995 | 4,629 | #82 |
| 1994 | 4,095 | #91 |
| 1993 | 4,357 | #87 |
| 1992 | 4,066 | #93 |
| 1991 | 3,013 | #113 |
| 1990 | 2,883 | #118 |
| 1989 | 2,712 | #121 |
| 1988 | 2,619 | #119 |
| 1987 | 2,592 | #111 |
| 1986 | 2,654 | #106 |
| 1985 | 2,741 | #106 |
| 1984 | 2,471 | #110 |
| 1983 | 2,655 | #105 |
| 1982 | 2,478 | #119 |
| 1981 | 3,013 | #100 |
| 1980 | 3,109 | #97 |
| 1979 | 2,470 | #110 |
| 1978 | 1,882 | #139 |
| 1977 | 1,242 | #190 |
| 1976 | 913 | #223 |
| 1975 | 778 | #256 |
| 1974 | 725 | #265 |
| 1973 | 633 | #285 |
| 1972 | 575 | #319 |
| 1971 | 530 | #347 |
| 1970 | 535 | #351 |
| 1969 | 451 | #367 |
| 1968 | 387 | #396 |
| 1967 | 346 | #409 |
| 1966 | 355 | #398 |
| 1965 | 400 | #392 |
| 1964 | 445 | #374 |
| 1963 | 422 | #386 |
| 1962 | 426 | #392 |
| 1961 | 413 | #393 |
| 1960 | 426 | #383 |
| 1959 | 353 | #424 |
| 1958 | 337 | #429 |
| 1957 | 291 | #451 |
| 1956 | 245 | #485 |
| 1955 | 219 | #499 |
| 1954 | 197 | #515 |
| 1953 | 169 | #543 |
| 1952 | 158 | #555 |
| 1951 | 169 | #524 |
| 1950 | 170 | #513 |
| 1949 | 155 | #532 |
| 1948 | 155 | #531 |
| 1947 | 151 | #548 |
| 1946 | 130 | #562 |
| 1945 | 116 | #554 |
| 1944 | 118 | #559 |
| 1943 | 126 | #565 |
| 1942 | 110 | #598 |
| 1941 | 121 | #535 |
| 1940 | 116 | #545 |
| 1939 | 116 | #533 |
| 1938 | 123 | #522 |
| 1937 | 113 | #547 |
| 1936 | 116 | #529 |
| 1935 | 121 | #525 |
| 1934 | 122 | #530 |
| 1933 | 110 | #543 |
| 1932 | 165 | #438 |
| 1931 | 142 | #474 |
| 1930 | 141 | #503 |
| 1929 | 153 | #474 |
| 1928 | 149 | #495 |
| 1927 | 158 | #481 |
| 1926 | 162 | #472 |
| 1925 | 165 | #467 |
| 1924 | 206 | #424 |
| 1923 | 185 | #449 |
| 1922 | 190 | #440 |
| 1921 | 165 | #476 |
| 1920 | 166 | #472 |
| 1919 | 165 | #459 |
| 1918 | 176 | #447 |
| 1917 | 163 | #443 |
| 1916 | 183 | #411 |
| 1915 | 157 | #432 |
| 1914 | 168 | #365 |
| 1913 | 115 | #402 |
| 1912 | 83 | #428 |
| 1911 | 62 | #349 |
| 1910 | 71 | #291 |
| 1909 | 57 | #302 |
| 1908 | 52 | #303 |
| 1907 | 45 | #318 |
| 1906 | 57 | #261 |
| 1905 | 53 | #270 |
| 1904 | 40 | #312 |
| 1903 | 46 | #273 |
| 1902 | 41 | #299 |
| 1901 | 37 | #284 |
| 1900 | 70 | #243 |
| 1899 | 35 | #294 |
| 1898 | 38 | #307 |
| 1897 | 44 | #263 |
| 1896 | 45 | #270 |
| 1895 | 53 | #245 |
| 1894 | 32 | #308 |
| 1893 | 48 | #255 |
| 1892 | 42 | #279 |
| 1891 | 23 | #359 |
| 1890 | 42 | #268 |
| 1889 | 44 | #244 |
| 1888 | 45 | #262 |
| 1887 | 47 | #230 |
| 1886 | 50 | #235 |
| 1885 | 50 | #233 |
| 1884 | 39 | #271 |
| 1883 | 38 | #263 |
| 1882 | 44 | #258 |
| 1881 | 42 | #237 |
| 1880 | 43 | #252 |
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