# Luke (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/luke/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /luk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lk |
| US babies named this | 323,585 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 323,020 / 565 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 72,627, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 16,169 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12,902 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,937 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,203 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,773 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,517 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,212 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,084 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,182 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,438 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,977 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,050 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,926 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,574 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8,706 | 39 |
| 2012 | 9,022 | 37 |
| 2013 | 9,588 | 34 |
| 2014 | 10,523 | 28 |
| 2015 | 10,294 | 28 |
| 2016 | 10,001 | 29 |
| 2017 | 9,224 | 30 |
| 2018 | 8,624 | 30 |
| 2019 | 8,442 | 32 |
| 2020 | 7,784 | 31 |
| 2021 | 7,711 | 32 |
| 2022 | 7,393 | 34 |
| 2023 | 7,251 | 31 |
| 2024 | 7,062 | 34 |
| 2025 | 6,948 | 33 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,830 | 41 |
| 2012 | 1,557 | 45 |
| 2013 | 1,415 | 45 |
| 2014 | 1,322 | 44 |
| 2015 | 1,095 | 58 |
| 2016 | 1,056 | 59 |
| 2017 | 868 | 76 |
| 2018 | 677 | 94 |
| 2019 | 632 | 100 |
| 2020 | 544 | 109 |
| 2021 | 496 | 117 |
| 2022 | 505 | 110 |
| 2023 | 446 | 118 |
| 2024 | 387 | 138 |
| 2025 | 380 | 131 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Ղուկաս, Ավետարան ըստ Ղուկասի
- Catalan: Lluc
- Chinese: 盧克 /卢克, 路加福音
- Czech: Lukáš
- Danish: Lukas, Lukasevangeliet
- Dutch: Lukas
- Esperanto: Luko
- Estonian: Luukas, Luuka
- Finnish: Luukas, Luukkaan evankeliumi
- French: Luc
- Georgian: ლუკა, ლუკას სახარება
- German: Lukas
- Greek: Λουκάς, Λουκ, κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιον
- Hungarian: Lukács
- Icelandic: Lúkas
- Indonesian: Lukas
- Irish: Lúcás, Soiscéal Lúcáis
- Italian: Luca
- Japanese: ルーク, ルカによる福音書
- Latin: Lucas

## People named Luke

- Luke Shaw, English association football player (born 1995)
- Luke Perry, American actor (1966–2019)
- Luke Wilson, American actor (born 1971)
- Luke Benward, American actor
- Luke Grimes, American actor
- Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
- Luke Young, English association football player, born 1979
- Luke Bracey, Australian actor (born 1989)
- Luke Mitchell, Australian actor
- Luke Macfarlane, Canadian and American actor
- Luke Wilkshire, Australian association football player
- Luke Howard, British manufacturing chemist (1772-1864)

## 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.