How Many People Are Named Lucan?
people named Lucan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 724,120 people in the US has this name
Based on 484 babies named Lucan in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Roman cognomen Lucanus, which was derived from the name of the city of Luca in Tuscany (modern Lucca). Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, commonly called Lucan, was a 1st-century Roman poet.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lucan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lucan alive today is about 20 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lucan first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 1978, to 41 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lucan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,461, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #6,025.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,025 |
| Best rank | #1,461 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,189 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lucan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lucan were born in California than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today.
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