Luka
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning from Lucania; variant of Luke.
How Luka has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #523 |
| 2016 | #470 |
| 2017 | #440 |
| 2018 | #321 |
| 2019 | #221 |
| 2020 | #161 |
| 2021 | #115 |
| 2022 | #117 |
| 2023 | #95 |
| 2024 | #94 |
| 2025 | #85 |
Luka by the numbers
In 2025, 177 babies in England and Wales were named Luka. In the US, 732 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Luke
Like Luka, each of these traces back to Luke: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Lukefrom Lucania; light9,168 in the US (2017)
- Lukasfrom Lucania; a form of Luke1,723 in the US (2017)
- Lucfrom lucus, light-giving; a form of Luke78 in the US (2017)
- Johnlukegod is gracious; from lucania; compound of John and Luke48 in the US (2017)
- Lucanfrom Lucania; a form of Luke6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lukusfrom Lucania; a form of Lucas or Luke16 in the US (2017)
- Lukenfrom Lucania; a form of Luke14 in the US (2017)
- Lukisfrom Lucanus (from Lucania region); a variant of Luke or Lucius8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Luka. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lucabringer of light3,266 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Luka
Names that are said the same way as Luka, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Luka
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