Lucas Name Popularity

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How popular is Lucas?

Ranking 8th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Lucas is uber popular.

Currently in the top 10, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #8 for the first time this year.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2017 with 12,996 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Lucas was less than 5, most recently in 1901.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lucas occurred roughly during the years 1911-1918, 1949-1952, 1954-1961, 1966-1981, 1987-1993, 1997-2008, and 2009-2016, whereas 1981-1984 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

How popular will Lucas be?

Lucas's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. however, the number of children named Lucas lately has remained about the same.

The name Lucas is a huge favorite and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Lucas (Girl)		Lucas (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		19	6,374	12,585	8
2017		12	9,086	12,996	11
2016		11	9,786	12,881	14
2015		16	7,458	12,305	16
2014		8	12,601	12,158	19
2013		10	10,690	11,548	23
2012		7	14,391	10,707	27
2011		13	8,939	10,399	29
2010		14	8,539	10,377	35
2009		10	11,151	9,612	39
2008		15	8,359	9,323	46
2007		15	8,355	8,753	53
2006		11	10,326	8,135	59
2005		10	10,616	7,574	58
2004		39	3,721	6,712	66
2003		< 5	--	5,754	71
2002		13	8,109	5,381	75
2001		< 5	--	4,899	83
2000		6	14,233	4,818	83
1999		6	13,685	4,219	90
1998		9	9,784	4,091	93
1997		8	10,389	4,031	98
1996		< 5	--	4,103	93
1995		7	11,234	4,083	91
1994		9	9,281	4,010	95
1993		< 5	--	3,921	95
1992		9	9,188	3,377	106
1991		7	10,980	3,236	107
1990		9	8,929	3,087	112
1989		11	7,255	2,860	114
1988		11	6,919	2,713	113
1987		9	7,738	2,326	121
1986		11	6,402	2,194	126
1985		8	7,996	2,318	122
1984		12	5,725	2,114	130
1983		15	4,794	2,361	117
1982		16	4,636	2,742	106
1981		18	4,260	3,376	88
1980		15	4,874	3,083	98
1979		11	5,974	2,542	108
1978		14	4,817	1,952	136
1977		10	6,143	1,100	205
1976		7	7,766	877	231
1975		< 5	--	891	231
1974		< 5	--	567	318
1973		< 5	--	306	447
1972		< 5	--	232	516
1971		< 5	--	199	579
1970		< 5	--	160	646
1969		< 5	--	123	706
1968		< 5	--	97	754
1967		< 5	--	59	945
1966		< 5	--	81	811
1965		< 5	--	81	823
1964		< 5	--	89	804
1963		< 5	--	74	874
1962		< 5	--	86	822
1961		< 5	--	88	815
1960		< 5	--	78	862
1959		< 5	--	62	980
1958		< 5	--	52	1,065
1957		< 5	--	31	1,424
1956		< 5	--	34	1,327
1955		< 5	--	33	1,332
1954		< 5	--	20	1,740
1953		< 5	--	22	1,659
1952		< 5	--	35	1,263
1951		< 5	--	27	1,444
1950		< 5	--	24	1,520
1949		< 5	--	25	1,487
1948		< 5	--	29	1,370
1947		< 5	--	34	1,266
1946		< 5	--	29	1,320
1945		< 5	--	24	1,366
1944		< 5	--	29	1,250
1943		< 5	--	22	1,513
1942		< 5	--	21	1,568
1941		< 5	--	24	1,396
1940		< 5	--	19	1,605
1939		< 5	--	26	1,311
1938		< 5	--	17	1,721
1937		< 5	--	26	1,332
1936		< 5	--	21	1,488
1935		< 5	--	33	1,155
1934		< 5	--	25	1,373
1933		< 5	--	23	1,436
1932		< 5	--	26	1,368
1931		< 5	--	27	1,350
1930		< 5	--	30	1,322
1929		< 5	--	32	1,256
1928		< 5	--	38	1,159
1927		< 5	--	36	1,219
1926		< 5	--	40	1,141
1925		< 5	--	36	1,195
1924		< 5	--	49	1,012
1923		< 5	--	50	989
1922		< 5	--	37	1,189
1921		< 5	--	44	1,064
1920		< 5	--	41	1,114
1919		< 5	--	32	1,257
1918		< 5	--	52	929
1917		< 5	--	35	1,144
1916		< 5	--	33	1,148
1915		< 5	--	41	989
1914		< 5	--	26	1,146
1913		< 5	--	27	960
1912		< 5	--	22	982
1911		< 5	--	7	1,482
1910		< 5	--	11	1,016
1909		< 5	--	10	994
1908		< 5	--	9	995
1907		< 5	--	5	1,465
1906		< 5	--	7	1,072
1905		< 5	--	5	1,348
1904		< 5	--	6	1,149
1903		< 5	--	7	976
1902		< 5	--	6	1,095
1901		< 5	--	< 5	--
1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	10	688
1898		< 5	--	8	856
1897		< 5	--	< 5	--
1896		< 5	--	7	944
1895		< 5	--	6	1,040
1894		< 5	--	8	832
1893		< 5	--	10	684
1892		< 5	--	10	724
1891		< 5	--	8	742
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	6	1,002
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	8	731
1885		< 5	--	6	892
1884		< 5	--	5	1,067
1883		< 5	--	5	988
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	11	550
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.