first name
LUCAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 249,246 people named Lucas, 69.8% reported their origin as White, 19.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lucas peaked in 2017, when 13,044 babies got the name.
At least 331,628 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.
Lucas by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #15. The largest share of babies named Lucas, 46.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Lucas is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lucas has been most common in Alaska (1.9×), Florida (1.8×), and Nevada (1.8×), and least common in Mississippi (0.36×).
328,888 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 Lucas
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lucas, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lucas ranks #299 of 156,621, with 102,949 people. See Lucas as a last name
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