How Many People Are Named Lucas?
people named Lucas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,053 people in the US has this name
Based on 331,628 babies named Lucas in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
13,044 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Irish form of LUCAS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lucas (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lucas alive today is about 17 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lucas first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2017, to 13,044 babies. In 2025, 10,228 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lucas reached #8 among boys' names in 2018 to 2022, and was in the top 10 for 8 years, 2018 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #10.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10 |
| Best rank | #8 (2018 to 2022) |
| Years in the top 10 | 8 |
| Years in the top 100 | 35 (1980 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #17 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lucas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lucas were born in California than in any other state: about 35,171 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lucas was given 2 times as often in Vermont, 1.9 times in Maine and 1.7 times in New Hampshire.
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