Lucas

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Lucas is a multilingual masculine given name of Latin origin. It is derived from the Latin verb "lucere", meaning "to shine". Lucas is used as a given name in Greek, English, Spanish, French, Dutch, and Portuguese.

From Wikipedia

Lucas first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 946 babies (rank #5 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lucas

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lucas yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

18,972

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

946

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Stranger Things: Lucas Sinclair — basketball, common sense

Famous people named Lucas

Lucas Vázquezassociation football player · b. 1991
Lucas Cranach the Elderdraftsperson · b. 1472
Lucas Hernandezassociation football player · b. 1996
Lucas Digneassociation football player · b. 1993
Lucas Neillassociation football player · b. 1978

More popular boys' names

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1955	157	#100
1956	167	#99
1957	170	#99
1958	152	#113
1959	184	#97
1960	199	#96
1961	207	#97
1962	210	#96
1963	214	#99
1964	223	#94
1965	217	#95
1966	186	#112
1967	171	#120
1968	170	#129
1969	156	#136
1970	167	#128
1971	139	#145
1972	116	#161
1973	99	#172
1974	92	#179
1975	90	#178
1976	88	#178
1977	83	#188
1978	85	#192
1979	97	#171
1980	113	#156
1981	119	#148
1982	102	#169
1983	107	#156
1984	127	#140
1985	128	#138
1986	143	#133
1987	164	#121
1988	162	#121
1989	183	#108
1990	204	#104
1991	213	#99
1992	221	#97
1993	218	#88
1994	254	#82
1995	228	#86
1996	313	#60
1997	312	#61
1998	353	#55
1999	420	#44
2000	491	#33
2001	618	#20
2002	739	#9
2003	946	#5
2004	809	#6
2005	796	#5
2006	741	#9
2007	733	#9
2008	694	#11
2009	819	#3
2010	812	#4
2011	699	#7
2012	777	#4
2013	701	#7
2014	674	#6