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Lukas

Meaning
Light; or man from Lucania
Origin
Variant of Lucas · The light interpretation is linked to Latin lux (from Greek)

Boy's name · #288 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Lukas reached #214 in 2019 and has eased to #288 since. About 44,000 boys have carried it since 1963.

Across the states

See where Lukas is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Lukas is especially popular in Austria and Estonia.

#10 in Austria (2025) · #12 in Slovakia (2025) · #17 in Czechia (2025) · #33 in Croatia (2025) · #35 in Norway (2025) · #38 in Slovenia (2025) · #42 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #43 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) · #59 in Sweden (2025) · #78 in Switzerland (2025) · #118 in Belgium (2025) · #130 in Puerto Rico (2025) and 10 more.

Famous Lukases

In stories & tradition

What Lukases become

Among 3,194 notable people named Lukas:

Medical professionals appear 1.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lukáš Pollert, Czech slalom canoeist and doctor.

Spellings & nicknames

Lukas is the less common spelling of Lucas — about 10% of babies given the name are written this way; Lucas itself ranked #10 in 2025.

Similar names: Lucca · Maximus · Luciano · Jayceon · Tobias · Titus

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