Luke
Luke is ranked 34th among boys in 2024 (7,039 births). Its best rank was 28th, in 2014–2015.
- Rank in 2024
- #34down 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7,0390.41% of boys
- Peak year
- 201410,521 births
- Best rank
- #28first in 2014
- Since 1880
- 316,031people given the name
The story in the numbers
316,031 boys have been named Luke in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 10,521 births — 0.55% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 28 → 34).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 35 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Luke | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 442 | |
| 1890s | 402 | |
| 1900s | 498 | |
| 1910s | 1,343 | |
| 1920s | 1,699 | |
| 1930s | 1,269 | |
| 1940s | 1,298 | |
| 1950s | 2,308 | |
| 1960s | 4,072 | |
| 1970s | 10,284 | |
| 1980s | 27,052 | |
| 1990s | 44,436 | |
| 2000s | 90,503 | |
| 2010s | 93,263 | |
| 2020s | 37,162 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Luke was the 28th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Luke
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Neelpeak 2009
- Ahmedpeak 2015
- Kamranpeak 2007
- Alonsopeak 2010
- Maximepeak 2001
- Keelanpeak 2015
- Emmanuelpeak 2008
- Krishnapeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.