first name
LUC
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,827 people named Luc, 51.2% reported their origin as White, 15.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 14.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 89.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Luc peaked in 2002, when 172 babies got the name.
At least 3,614 babies have been given the name since 1949. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Luc by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,617. The largest share of babies named Luc, 56.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Luc is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Luc has been most common in California (4×), Florida (3.1×), and Massachusetts (2.5×), and least common in Illinois (0.49×).
1,839 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Luc
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Luc, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Luc ranks #10,554 of 156,621, with 2,899 people. See Luc as a last name
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