# Lucas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lucas/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈluːkəs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lukas |
| US babies named this | 331,628 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 331,092 / 536 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 50,442, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,951 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,406 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,709 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,622 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,471 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,810 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,119 |
| 2018 | 19 | 6,415 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,317 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,938 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,732 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,160 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,044 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,757 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,570 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10,405 | 29 |
| 2012 | 10,718 | 27 |
| 2013 | 11,558 | 23 |
| 2014 | 12,175 | 19 |
| 2015 | 12,331 | 16 |
| 2016 | 12,906 | 14 |
| 2017 | 13,032 | 11 |
| 2018 | 12,665 | 8 |
| 2019 | 12,483 | 8 |
| 2020 | 11,386 | 8 |
| 2021 | 11,584 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10,973 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10,890 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10,743 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10,219 | 10 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,716 | 26 |
| 2012 | 2,858 | 25 |
| 2013 | 2,793 | 26 |
| 2014 | 2,445 | 30 |
| 2015 | 2,448 | 27 |
| 2016 | 2,332 | 27 |
| 2017 | 2,407 | 25 |
| 2018 | 2,098 | 26 |
| 2019 | 2,075 | 25 |
| 2020 | 1,946 | 25 |
| 2021 | 1,965 | 22 |
| 2022 | 1,771 | 25 |
| 2023 | 1,644 | 25 |
| 2024 | 1,550 | 25 |
| 2025 | 1,381 | 32 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 盧卡斯 /卢卡斯
- French: Lucas, Luc
- Portuguese: Lucas
- Russian: Лукас

## People named Lucas

- Lucas Hernandez, French footballer (born 1996)
- Lucas Digne, French footballer (born 1993)
- Lucas Biglia, Argentine association football player
- Lucas Neill, Australian association football player
- Lucas Moura, Brazilian association football player
- Lucas Leiva, Brazilian association football player (born 1987)
- Lucas Black, American actor
- Lucas Till, American actor (born 1990)
- Lucas Ocampos, Argentine footballer
- Lucas Grabeel, American actor
- Lucas Hedges, American actor
- Lucas Piazon, Brazilian footballer

## 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.