Luke

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A few things about Luke you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Luke

Luke Shaw

English association football player (born 1995)

Choose Luke and your child shares a first name with Luke Shaw, an English association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Luke, like who?” Luke Shaw's Wikipedia article is available in 66 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 246 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Luke, 6,948 babies in all. In a school of 500 kids, there'd probably be one other Luke.
• 📜HistoryLuke has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Lukes, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2015, when it reached #28.
• 📍Where it's lovedLuke is most popular in Hawaii, where it ranks #5, followed by Louisiana (#12) and North Carolina (#20). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningLuke is an English form of Lucas, which means “man from Lucania”.

About the name Luke

Luke is a boy name meaning “man from Lucania”. It has 4 letters and 1 syllable, starting with L and ending in “-uke”. US birth records list Luke for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked #28 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #33, with 6,948 babies.