# Luc (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/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 | 3,614 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,614 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 995, 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 | 97 | 1,593 |
| 2012 | 88 | 1,725 |
| 2013 | 93 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 87 | 1,743 |
| 2015 | 81 | 1,836 |
| 2016 | 96 | 1,658 |
| 2017 | 78 | 1,876 |
| 2018 | 64 | 2,185 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,383 |
| 2020 | 51 | 2,531 |
| 2021 | 60 | 2,314 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,184 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,430 |
| 2025 | 33 | 3,483 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 26 | 1,055 |
| 2011 | 30 | 944 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,086 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Luc

- Luc Besson, French filmmaker (born 1959)
- Luc Montagnier, French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)
- Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer, a moralist (1715-1747)
- Luc Abalo, French handball player
- Luc Nilis, Belgian association football player
- Luc Castaignos, Dutch association football player (born 1992)
- Luc de Fougerolles, Canadian soccer player
- Luc Ferry, French politician and philosopher
- Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
- Luc Luycx, Belgian designer
- Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player (born 1986)
- Luc Leblanc, French racing cyclist

## 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.