How Many People Are Named Luke?
people named Luke are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,103 people in the US has this name
Based on 323,585 babies named Luke in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
10,536 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English form of the Greek name Λουκας (Loukas) which meant "from Lucania", Lucania being a region in southern Italy (of uncertain meaning). Luke was a doctor who travelled in the company of the apostle Paul. According to tradition, he was the author of the third gospel and Acts in the New Testament. He was probably of Greek ethnicity. He is considered a saint by many Christian denominations.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Luke (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Luke alive today is about 20 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Luke first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2014, to 10,536 babies. In 2025, 6,957 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Luke never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #28, in 2014 to 2015, and it was in the top 100 in 36 years between 1980 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #33.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #33 |
| Best rank | #28 (2014 to 2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | 36 (1980 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #32 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Luke alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Luke were born in California than in any other state: about 30,448 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Luke was given 1.6 times as often in Montana, 1.6 times in North Dakota and 1.5 times in Alaska.
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