Luka

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 11% girls / 89% boys

Meaning

Luka 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

Luka first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 135 babies (rank #334 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Luka

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.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.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.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,013

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

135

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Luka

Luka Modrićassociation football player · b. 1985
Luka Dončićbasketball player · b. 1999
Luka Jovićassociation football player · b. 1997
Luka Milivojevićassociation football player · b. 1991
Luka Sučićassociation football player · b. 2002

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	15	#962
1997	14	#1,034
1998	21	#769
1999	26	#668
2000	31	#606
2001	49	#442
2002	44	#495
2003	65	#404
2004	92	#327
2005	106	#302
2006	117	#303
2007	111	#333
2008	118	#332
2009	107	#365
2010	108	#377
2011	130	#333
2012	130	#340
2013	110	#371
2014	135	#334
2015	132	#349
2016	131	#358