Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys
Origin: RussianLuka is a Slavic masculine given name. In Japanese: ルカ, るか is transliterated Luka or Ruka, and can be masculine or feminine. The male name Luka comes from the Latin word "Lucanus" which means a man from Lucania.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Luka yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
A 648% surge over the past decade — driven almost entirely by a tiny starting base — brought Luka to fresh highs on both measures in 2024: 3,697 births, #94 nationally. Total US births under this name run to just 25,604 since 1975, when it first entered the data.
That combination of a recent start and outsized percentage growth matches the shape seen in Thiago and Theo from earlier batches.
Basketball star Luka Dončić and football captain Luka Modrić dominate the namesake list — both born within roughly fifteen years of each other, both at the top of their respective sports.
Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 6 | #5,193 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,350 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,508 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,890 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,939 |
| 1984 | 7 | #5,335 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,260 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,522 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,432 |
| 1990 | 10 | #5,237 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,652 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,248 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,207 |
| 1994 | 16 | #4,028 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,514 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,946 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,951 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,536 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,385 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,442 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,176 |
| 2002 | 119 | #1,181 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,068 |
| 2004 | 209 | #851 |
| 2005 | 212 | #868 |
| 2006 | 252 | #809 |
| 2007 | 298 | #749 |
| 2008 | 286 | #777 |
| 2009 | 291 | #782 |
| 2010 | 316 | #727 |
| 2011 | 303 | #748 |
| 2012 | 375 | #638 |
| 2013 | 433 | #586 |
| 2014 | 494 | #559 |
| 2015 | 550 | #524 |
| 2016 | 649 | #470 |
| 2017 | 706 | #440 |
| 2018 | 1,049 | #321 |
| 2019 | 1,704 | #221 |
| 2020 | 2,344 | #161 |
| 2021 | 3,207 | #115 |
| 2022 | 3,301 | #117 |
| 2023 | 3,655 | #95 |
| 2024 | 3,697 | #94 |
