Lucas
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Lucas
Lucas is a Top 10 boys' name with a slightly-less-popular almost-identical twin brother, Luke. Like Elijah and Elias, Lucas and Luke come from the same root and have the same meaning and so feel even more popular than they are.
The Latin derivation of the Greek Loukas, the name's meaning references Lucania, an ancient territory in Southern Italy. Along with Luke, Lucas is also related to international name star Luca, while the similar Lucius and Lucian derive from a different root and have a different meaning.
Lucas is enjoying tremendous international success, popular throughout the English-speaking world as well as in a diverse range of countries throughout Europe and Latin America, including Scandinavia, France, Germany, Spain, and Brazil. This makes Lucas the perfect choice for a cross-cultural family.
Lucas has long been a favorite of TV scriptwriters, from the early black-and-white days of The Rifleman (Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain) to the schoolteacher series Lucas Tanner to the more contemporary One Tree Hill. On the literary side, the name appears as Lucas Beauchamp in William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust and Light in August.
Lucas Cranach was an important German Renaissance painter and printmaker; Lucas Samaras is an eccentric Greek-born American contemporary artist. Some will associate the name with director George Lucas.
Lucas is also given to girls, where it ranks #10570 in the US.
Pronounced LOO-kus.
As of October 2026, Lucas ranked #10 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #8 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #24.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #19 | 12,174 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #16 | 12,329 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #14 | 12,904 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #11 | 13,029 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #8 | 12,659 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #8 | 12,478 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #8 | 11,381 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #8 | 11,582 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #8 | 10,962 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #9 | 10,882 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #9 | 10,703 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #10 | 10,219 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Lucas on lists
Famous Lucass
- Lucas / Wong Yukhei / Huang XuxiBoy
Cantonese rapper, dancer and singer; member of the South Korean boy band NCT.
- Lucas Daniel TillBoy
American actor
- Lucas HedgesBoy
American actor
- Lucas Stephen GrabeelBoy
American actor
- Lucas BolsiusBoy
Dutch historian and politician
- Lucas Alan CruikshankBoy
American actor on YouTube's Fred series
- Lucas York BlackBoy
American actor
- Lucas TrianaBoy
American dancer on TV's "Dance Moms Miami"
- Lucas Pezzini LeivaBoy
Brazilian footballer
- Lucas LuhrBoy
German racing driver
- George LucasBoy
American film director and producer
- Lucas PuigBoy
French pro skateboarder
- Lucas HartongBoy
Dutch MEP
- Lucas Hauchard aka SqueezieBoy
French YouTuber
- Lucas Speed Eichorn "Speedy" Watson aka Speedyw03Boy
American YouTuber
- Lucas Olioti aka T3ddyBoy
Brazilian YouTuber
- Lucas DobreBoy
American YouTuber; twin brother Marcus Dobre
- Lucas Castelli (b. 2006)Boy
son of model Isabeli Fontana
- Lucas Alexander Conrod (b. 2007)Boy
son of editor and TV personality Nina Garcia
- Lucas Gorham (b. 2001)Boy
son of actor Christopher Gorham
- Lucas Arthur Mathison (b. 2003)Boy
Son of actor Cameron Mathison
- Lucas ManuBoy
son of actor Corky Nemec
- Lucas Byron AllenBoy
son of comedian Byron Allen
- Lucas BigliaBoy
Argentine professional footballer
- Lucas PouilleBoy
French tennis player
- Lucas Matthew Alan (b. 2020)Boy
son of actors Camilla Luddington and Matthew Alan
Lucas in pop culture
- LucasBoy
character in MOTHER 3 and the Super Smash Bros. series
- LucasBoy
a main character in Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
- Lucas AchillaeBoy
character in "Crow's Peak" by Sarah Marie Clausen
- Lucas de BeaumanoirBoy
character in "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott
- Lucas BlyBoy
character in "Lucas"
- Lucas BuckBoy
character on "American Gothic"
- Lucas "Luke" ParkerBoy
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
- Lucas DelosBoy
character in "Starcrossed" trilogy by Josephine Angelini
- Lucas FitzgeraldBoy
character on "Neighbours"
- Lucas GottesmanBoy
character on "Pretty Little Liars"
- Lucas HayBoy
character on "Hollyoaks"
- Lucas HellingerBoy
character on "FlashForward"
- Lucas HoldenBoy
character on "Home and Away"
- Lucas "Luke" JacksonBoy
character in "Cool Hand Luke"
- Lucas JohnsonBoy
character on "EastEnders"
- Lucas MorenoBoy
character in "Truth or Dare"
- Lucas KaneBoy
character in "Fahrenheit"
- Lucas McCainBoy
character on "The Rifleman"
- Lucas NorthBoy
character on 'Spooks'
- Lucas RobertsBoy
character on "Days of our Lives"
- Lucas RossBoy
character in "Evernight" by Claudia Gray
- Lucas "Luke" Eugene ScottBoy
character on "One Tree Hill"
- Lucas "Luke" StarkBoy
character in "Rock Chick" series by Kristen Ashley
- Lucas WilderBoy
son of Dr. Violet Turner and Dr. Pete Wilder of "Private Practice"
- Lucas WolenczakBoy
character on "SeaQuest DSV"
- Lucas FriarBoy
character on "Girl Meets World"
- Lucas "Luke" DanesBoy
character on "Gilmore Girls"
- Lucas BakerBoy
character in "Resident Evil 7: Biohazard"
- Lucas "Snapper" CarrBoy
character in DC Universe
- Lucas SinclairBoy
character in "Stranger Things"
- LucasBoy
character in "The Heart of Earth"
- Lucas the SpiderBoy
animated spider on YouTube
- Lucas van Der HeijdenBoy
Character in “Skam NL”
- Lucas MillerBoy
character on the podcast "The Adventure Zone"