Fun Facts About the Name Lukas
- More than 44 thousand babies named Lukas: U.S. records list 44,058 babies given the name Lukas from 1880 through 2025. Even 19 girls received the name Lukas - about 1 girl for every 2,318 boys.
What Does the Name Lukas Mean?
Lukas is a variant of Lucas and goes back to the Greek personal name Loukas (Λουκᾶς). The usual explanation is that Loukas is a shortened form of Loukanos (Λουκανός), an ethnic name meaning "man from Lucania." Lucania was a region of southern Italy, known in Greek as Leukania. The literal sense of the name is therefore geographic, not a description of a quality or personality.
Because the name resembles Latin lux, "light," it has often been given the symbolic interpretation "light-giving" or "bringer of light," especially in Christian tradition. That is a later association, not the historical etymology. The Latin form Lucas comes from the Greek name, and it is the source of later vernacular forms such as German and Scandinavian Lukas.
Lukas Name History & Origins
The Greek name Loukas appears in the New Testament as a companion of Paul. In the letters to Philemon (24) and Colossians (4:14), and in 2 Timothy (4:11), he is called Loukas; early Christian tradition identifies him as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. From Greek, the name passed into Latin as Lucas. Christian usage carried the name through Europe, where it developed into the vernacular forms Lukas, Lucas, Luke, and others.
In German-speaking lands, the Latin Lucas became Lukas; the same spelling is used in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. Dutch uses both Lucas and Lukas. Czech and Slovak use Lukáš, with an acute accent on the final vowel. English has the shorter form Luke, derived from Latin Lucas, alongside the fuller Lucas; in English, Lukas is chiefly an imported German or Scandinavian form or a spelling variant of Lucas.
How Popular is the Name Lukas?
Lukas recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2019. Its best rank was #214 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | #19,044 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #19,347 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #11,253 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #288 | 1,161 | 0.0680% |
| 2024 | #268 | 1,287 | 0.0750% |
| 2023 | #236 | 1,479 | 0.0866% |
| 2022 | #236 | 1,475 | 0.0846% |
| 2021 | #227 | 1,672 | 0.0956% |
| 2020 | #218 | 1,709 | 0.0991% |
| 2019 | #214 | 1,786 | 0.0996% |
| 2018 | #231 | 1,652 | 0.0910% |
| 2017 | #220 | 1,740 | 0.0940% |
| 2016 | #221 | 1,758 | 0.0927% |
| 2015 | #253 | 1,430 | 0.0746% |
| 2014 | #229 | 1,635 | 0.0851% |
| 2013 | #242 | 1,492 | 0.0789% |
| 2012 | #232 | 1,543 | 0.0814% |
| 2011 | #249 | 1,388 | 0.0731% |
| 2010 | #229 | 1,528 | 0.0796% |
| 2009 | #244 | 1,448 | 0.0730% |
| 2008 | #245 | 1,478 | 0.0725% |
| 2007 | #236 | 1,547 | 0.0745% |
| 2006 | #245 | 1,407 | 0.0685% |
| 2005 | #262 | 1,257 | 0.0629% |
| 2004 | #294 | 1,080 | 0.0544% |
| 2003 | #311 | 961 | 0.0487% |
| 2002 | #318 | 889 | 0.0458% |
| 2001 | #338 | 818 | 0.0421% |
| 2000 | #367 | 723 | 0.0368% |
| 1999 | #362 | 721 | 0.0376% |
| 1998 | #391 | 630 | 0.0330% |
| 1997 | #392 | 607 | 0.0322% |
| 1996 | #381 | 612 | 0.0323% |
| 1995 | #426 | 535 | 0.0281% |
| 1994 | #434 | 526 | 0.0272% |
| 1993 | #457 | 469 | 0.0239% |
| 1992 | #457 | 478 | 0.0239% |
| 1991 | #512 | 376 | 0.0186% |
| 1990 | #528 | 350 | 0.0170% |
| 1989 | #496 | 373 | 0.0186% |
| 1988 | #571 | 261 | 0.0136% |
| 1987 | #664 | 190 | 0.0102% |
| 1986 | #735 | 152 | 0.0083% |
| 1985 | #628 | 196 | 0.0106% |
| 1984 | #770 | 126 | 0.0070% |
| 1983 | #708 | 147 | 0.0082% |
| 1982 | #718 | 147 | 0.0081% |
| 1981 | #680 | 162 | 0.0090% |
| 1980 | #728 | 146 | 0.0082% |
| 1979 | #797 | 119 | 0.0069% |
| 1978 | #931 | 87 | 0.0053% |
| 1977 | #1,153 | 58 | 0.0035% |
| 1976 | #1,218 | 51 | 0.0033% |
| 1975 | #1,200 | 50 | 0.0032% |
| 1974 | #1,732 | 28 | 0.0018% |
| 1973 | #2,181 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1972 | #2,211 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1971 | #3,829 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #3,710 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #2,981 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #3,550 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #3,140 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #2,898 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #4,398 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #3,529 | 7 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Lukas Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You always bring to completion anything you start. You are generous but like to see returns from your giving. You have an executive ability, you are a leader. You are moral, balanced, honest and intellectual, and you may attain spirituality. You are wise and practical with an appreciation of beauty. You always think before you act. Emergencies may raise your intuitive abilities in order to resolve conflict or situation. You become very creative under the pressure, and have quite original ideas to make the best out of it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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