How Many People Are Named Luka?

29,323

people named Luka are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 11,655 people in the US has this name

Based on 29,522 babies named Luka in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,289

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#544

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

3,898 births

Trend

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Rising (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Russian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Form of LUKE.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
1.9%
Male
98.1%

Of the babies given the name Luka, 1.9% were girls and 98.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 7.1% of the babies were girls then and 0.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Luka alive today is about 5 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 7 in 2025.

Under 30 29,158
99.4%
30 to 59 165
0.6%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Luka first appears in the records in 1975, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 3,898 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Luka never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #85, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 3 years, 2023 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #85.

Boys
Rank in 2025#85
Best rank#85 (2025)
Years in the top 1003 (2023 to 2025)
Rank in its biggest decade#111 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Luka alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Luka were born in California than in any other state: about 4,337 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Luka was given 2.3 times as often in Hawaii, 1.4 times in Illinois and 1.4 times in North Dakota.

California 4,337
Texas 3,795
Florida 1,943
New York 1,643
Illinois 1,349
Ohio 1,031
Pennsylvania 832
North Carolina 716
Michigan 702
Washington 698
New Jersey 682
Arizona 648
Virginia 611
Georgia 597
Indiana 560
Colorado 539
Wisconsin 486
Massachusetts 424
Tennessee 421
Minnesota 407
Missouri 392
Maryland 375
Utah 362
Kentucky 327
Oregon 317
Iowa 297
Nevada 273
Connecticut 265
South Carolina 240
Oklahoma 235
Kansas 233
Louisiana 214
Arkansas 200
Alabama 200
Nebraska 155
Hawaii 145
New Mexico 143
Idaho 132
West Virginia 111
North Dakota 91
South Dakota 90
District of Columbia 74
Mississippi 70
Alaska 59
New Hampshire 53
Maine 46
Montana 40
Delaware 33
Rhode Island 29
Vermont 15
Wyoming 7

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