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How popular is the name Luc?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lucs are alive today.
Luc (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Luke in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2002, when 72 babies were given the name, the 350th most popular that year. It has declined since 2002; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Luke you are most likely to meet is around 33 years old. Half of all Lukes born in England and Wales are between 24 and 38, and there are at least 160,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 41% chance that at least one of them will be called Luke.
How many babies are named Luc each year?
Includes all spellings: Luc, Luke. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Luc spelling rank?
Where does the Luke spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Luc most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Luke, peaked in 1994, when around 7,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Luc spelling itself peaked in 2002, with 72 babies.
How many people are called Luc?
At least 160,000 people named Luc in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Luc?
Most living Lucs are between 24 and 38; the most common age is about 33.
Is Luc becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.