Luka

What Luka means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Luka yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Luka?

US: Rising: up from #524 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #348 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,873 boys got the name (#85 that year). First in the US records in 1975.

How common

• About 1 in 441 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,536 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 786 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (6.16 per 1,000 boys), SD (4.68 per 1,000 boys), HI (4.46 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Luka is #85 in the US and #261 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.4% of US babies named Luka were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Luca8,759 US · 3,266 E&W
• Loki85 US · 44 E&W
• Lucky108 US · 12 E&W
• Lukah62 US
• Lucah36 US · 7 E&W
• Lakai42 US
• Louka17 US · 4 E&W
• Lukka15 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Luka

Boys

• Damir#980Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1974, with 6 babies
• Milan#242Editor’s note Used for both: 80% of US babies named Milan in 2025 were boys
• Ira#819“watchful”^*
• Ivan#162Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Milena#950“dear, kind”^*
• Mila#43Editor’s note Up from #53 in 2015 to #43 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 340 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ivanna#566Same root as Jane, meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Vera#205“faith”^*
• Milan#751Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 8 babies
• Lana#406Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Slavic where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Luka’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.