Names like Lucas

In 2025, 10,219 boys born in the US were named Lucas, #10 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1881, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1959.

Its best rank was #8, every year from 2018 to 2022.

The most births in one year were 13,032, in 2017.

Births fell 17% from 12,331 in 2015.

For 6 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1954 or later (Lucas's began in 1959).

Lucas's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   —
2. 1890
   —
3. 1900
   —
4. 1910
   #946
5. 1920
   —
6. 1930
   —
7. 1940
   —
8. 1950
   —
9. 1960
   #839
10. 1970
    #637
11. 1980
    #98
12. 1990
    #112
13. 2000
    #83
14. 2010
    #35
15. 2020
    #8
16. 2025
    #10

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Lucas's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.