Luke
Luke ranks #33 in the United States in 2025, neither climbing nor fading. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 323,020 bearers and counting.
What Luke carries
Luke · Latin
“light”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Luke’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Luke, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Luke since 1880
Luke peaked in 2014 at #28; #33 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Luke is most common
Among the states, Luke takes its largest share in Hawaii, 1.41% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Wyoming and Vermont next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Luke
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Lucy
#25 in 2025 · Latin
Luca
#14 in 2025 · Latin
Lucia
#83 in 2025 · Latin
Luka
#85 in 2025 · Latin
Lucas
#10 in 2025 · Latin
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Julian
#25 in 2025 · Latin
Stella
#52 in 2025 · Latin
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About Luke
How common is Luke today?
Luke ranks #33 in the United States in 2025, neither climbing nor fading. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Luke have a meaning on record?
“light” is the meaning our source sets down, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Luke?
Nearest by the published recipe: Lucy, Luca and Lucia. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Luke’s free Name Kit
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