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How popular is the name Lucas?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lucases are alive today.
Lucas (male) is currently the 25th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 1,550 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2009, when 3,276 babies were given the name, the 17th most popular that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2024 figure is roughly 47% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 49,000 babies have been named Lucas in England and Wales since 1996.
The Lucas you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Lucases born in England and Wales are between 8 and 18, and there are at least 50,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 15% chance that at least one of them will be called Lucas.
How many babies are named Lucas each year?
Where does Lucas rank among boys' names?
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 Lucas most popular?
Lucas peaked in 2009, when 3,276 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Lucas?
At least 50,000 people named Lucas born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lucas?
Most living Lucases are between 8 and 18; the most common age is about 16.
Is Lucas becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2009 peak.