How popular is the name Lucas?

Lucas ranks 116th among boys' names in US records, with 325,315 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 120,690.

Is Lucas a unisex name?

No. Lucas is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2017, when 13,218 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Lucus. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#116 of boy names

Pronounced L UW1 K AH0 S (ARPABET)

Lucas is a boys' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 325,315 children — the 116th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2017, when 13,218 children were given it.

Lucus is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2017Boys: 13,218Girls: 12

These spellings sound identical to Lucas and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Lucas?: Lucas ranks 116th among boys' names in US records, with 325,315 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 120,690.
Is Lucas a unisex name?: No. Lucas is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Lucas most popular?: 2017, when 13,218 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Lucas spelled?: Lucus. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.