# Jean-Luc (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jean-luc/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,057 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,057 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 131, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,304 |
| 2012 | 18 | 5,131 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,878 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,840 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,796 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,248 |
| 2017 | 25 | 4,164 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,289 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,401 |
| 2020 | 19 | 4,935 |
| 2021 | 30 | 3,689 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,036 |
| 2023 | 25 | 4,267 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,538 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,111 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11 | 1,199 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,746 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,174 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |

## People named Jean-Luc

- Jean-Luc Godard, French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)
- Jean-Luc Nancy, French philosopher (1940–2021)
- Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
- Jean-Luc Marion, French philosopher (born 1946)
- Jean-Luc Ettori, French football player and manager
- Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist and composer
- Jean-Luc Crétier, alpine skier
- Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian freestyle skier
- Jean-Luc Brunel, French model scout (1946–2022)
- Jean-Luc Sassus, French football player (1962-2015)
- Jean-Luc Lagarce, French librettist, playwright and writer (1957–1995)
- Jean-Luc Thérier, French racing driver (1945–2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.