Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: EnglishLuke is a masculine given name and, less commonly, a surname. The name Luke is the English form and the diminutive of the Latin name Lucas. The exact etymology of the name is contested.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Luke yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Luke is one of the few names in this batch where the raw-count peak and the rank peak landed in exactly the same year: 2014, both times — a cleaner, simultaneous high point than the multi-year lags seen in Ethan, David, or Matthew.
Since then it's fallen to #34 with 7,039 births in 2024, down 33% over the decade, a decline in the middle of this batch's range — steeper than Julian's near-flat trend but milder than Logan's steep drop.
Its most culturally prominent association carries no real birth year at all: Luke Skywalker's enrichment entry lists "born: null," a fictional character whose influence on the name's popularity can't be measured the same way as a real namesake. The name's other bearers — footballer Luke Shaw, actors Luke Perry and Luke Evans — are all real, contemporary figures rather than the older names one might expect for something this established.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 43 | #256 |
| 1881 | 42 | #241 |
| 1882 | 44 | #259 |
| 1883 | 38 | #270 |
| 1884 | 39 | #275 |
| 1885 | 50 | #234 |
| 1886 | 50 | #241 |
| 1887 | 47 | #236 |
| 1888 | 45 | #268 |
| 1889 | 44 | #245 |
| 1890 | 42 | #269 |
| 1891 | 23 | #362 |
| 1892 | 42 | #282 |
| 1893 | 48 | #255 |
| 1894 | 32 | #313 |
| 1895 | 53 | #248 |
| 1896 | 45 | #274 |
| 1897 | 44 | #264 |
| 1898 | 38 | #314 |
| 1899 | 35 | #296 |
| 1900 | 70 | #243 |
| 1901 | 37 | #287 |
| 1902 | 41 | #301 |
| 1903 | 46 | #274 |
| 1904 | 40 | #317 |
| 1905 | 53 | #271 |
| 1906 | 57 | #261 |
| 1907 | 45 | #320 |
| 1908 | 52 | #304 |
| 1909 | 57 | #306 |
| 1910 | 71 | #294 |
| 1911 | 62 | #351 |
| 1912 | 83 | #429 |
| 1913 | 115 | #403 |
| 1914 | 168 | #366 |
| 1915 | 157 | #432 |
| 1916 | 183 | #412 |
| 1917 | 163 | #444 |
| 1918 | 176 | #447 |
| 1919 | 165 | #460 |
| 1920 | 166 | #472 |
| 1921 | 165 | #479 |
| 1922 | 190 | #441 |
| 1923 | 185 | #451 |
| 1924 | 206 | #425 |
| 1925 | 165 | #470 |
| 1926 | 162 | #472 |
| 1927 | 158 | #481 |
| 1928 | 149 | #496 |
| 1929 | 153 | #475 |
| 1930 | 141 | #503 |
| 1931 | 142 | #475 |
| 1932 | 165 | #438 |
| 1933 | 110 | #547 |
| 1934 | 122 | #533 |
| 1935 | 121 | #526 |
| 1936 | 116 | #532 |
| 1937 | 113 | #547 |
| 1938 | 123 | #524 |
| 1939 | 116 | #533 |
| 1940 | 116 | #548 |
| 1941 | 121 | #540 |
| 1942 | 110 | #601 |
| 1943 | 126 | #566 |
| 1944 | 117 | #568 |
| 1945 | 117 | #554 |
| 1946 | 130 | #564 |
| 1947 | 151 | #550 |
| 1948 | 155 | #533 |
| 1949 | 155 | #534 |
| 1950 | 170 | #516 |
| 1951 | 169 | #528 |
| 1952 | 158 | #557 |
| 1953 | 169 | #544 |
| 1954 | 197 | #519 |
| 1955 | 219 | #500 |
| 1956 | 245 | #486 |
| 1957 | 291 | #452 |
| 1958 | 337 | #429 |
| 1959 | 353 | #425 |
| 1960 | 424 | #384 |
| 1961 | 415 | #391 |
| 1962 | 426 | #392 |
| 1963 | 422 | #387 |
| 1964 | 445 | #374 |
| 1965 | 400 | #392 |
| 1966 | 355 | #398 |
| 1967 | 346 | #409 |
| 1968 | 387 | #396 |
| 1969 | 452 | #367 |
| 1970 | 535 | #351 |
| 1971 | 530 | #348 |
| 1972 | 575 | #319 |
| 1973 | 633 | #286 |
| 1974 | 725 | #265 |
| 1975 | 778 | #256 |
| 1976 | 913 | #223 |
| 1977 | 1,242 | #190 |
| 1978 | 1,882 | #139 |
| 1979 | 2,471 | #110 |
| 1980 | 3,111 | #97 |
| 1981 | 3,015 | #100 |
| 1982 | 2,478 | #119 |
| 1983 | 2,655 | #105 |
| 1984 | 2,473 | #110 |
| 1985 | 2,741 | #106 |
| 1986 | 2,654 | #106 |
| 1987 | 2,593 | #111 |
| 1988 | 2,620 | #119 |
| 1989 | 2,712 | #121 |
| 1990 | 2,884 | #118 |
| 1991 | 3,013 | #113 |
| 1992 | 4,066 | #93 |
| 1993 | 4,358 | #87 |
| 1994 | 4,095 | #91 |
| 1995 | 4,629 | #82 |
| 1996 | 5,017 | #75 |
| 1997 | 4,953 | #78 |
| 1998 | 5,284 | #75 |
| 1999 | 6,137 | #67 |
| 2000 | 7,149 | #59 |
| 2001 | 8,008 | #50 |
| 2002 | 8,692 | #46 |
| 2003 | 9,304 | #46 |
| 2004 | 9,597 | #41 |
| 2005 | 10,011 | #41 |
| 2006 | 10,087 | #43 |
| 2007 | 9,608 | #46 |
| 2008 | 9,423 | #43 |
| 2009 | 8,624 | #47 |
| 2010 | 8,849 | #41 |
| 2011 | 8,706 | #39 |
| 2012 | 9,022 | #37 |
| 2013 | 9,587 | #34 |
| 2014 | 10,521 | #28 |
| 2015 | 10,292 | #28 |
| 2016 | 9,999 | #29 |
| 2017 | 9,223 | #30 |
| 2018 | 8,624 | #30 |
| 2019 | 8,440 | #32 |
| 2020 | 7,782 | #31 |
| 2021 | 7,708 | #32 |
| 2022 | 7,389 | #34 |
| 2023 | 7,244 | #31 |
| 2024 | 7,039 | #34 |
