Luka

maleSlavic (Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic forms)

A form of Lucas/Luke used widely across South Slavic and Eastern European languages.

Origin: Slavic (Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic forms)

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1991 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #37 in New Zealand in 2022. See regions.

Luka: Recorded since 1991, it reached #37 in 2022, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
166times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#37highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Luka's record

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

LOO-kah/ˈluː.ka/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Slavic (Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic forms)
Meaning: A form of Lucas/Luke used widely across South Slavic and Eastern European languages.
Pronunciation: LOO-kah
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Slavic (Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic forms)

Popularity

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#1979
2000	#1594
2001	#3262
2002	#2105
2003	#2436
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#2320
2007	#2627
2008	#2487
2009	#1752
2010	#1815
2011	#1489
2012	#1991
2013	#1400
2014	#1411
2015	#2070
2016	#1920
2017	#1512
2018	#1649
2019	#2643
2020	#2300
2021	#2201
2022	#3533
2023	#2927
2024	#4843
2025	#3705

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 31 of the 35 years from 1991 to 2025.

In 2025: #77 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #112 among boys in Norway, #165 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #261 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1991–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1991
First recorded at #587 among boys in Norway in 1991 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3705 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Luka appears in 9 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1991, and has registered 665 births with the name.

Luka across 9 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Luka's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#587 (1991)	#102 (2024)	#112 (2025)	31 of 35	665 (1991–2025)	60 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#938 (1996)	#233 (2024)	#261 (2025)	30 of 30	3,286 (1996–2025)	209 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1400 (2013)	#3705 (2025)	29 of 30	316 (1996–2025)	23 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1998)	#153 (2024)	#165 (2025)	27 of 28	403 (1998–2025)	33 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#299 (2003)	#221 (2023)	#256 (2024)	18 of 22	92 (2003–2024)	9 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#512 (2002)	#437 (2011)	#883 (2021)	13 of 20	61 (2002–2021)	10 (2011)
New Zealand · Boys	#95 (2007)	#37 (2022)	#49 (2023)	8 of 17	563 (2007–2023)	100 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#439 (2014)	#439 (2014)	#446 (2021)	2 of 8	6 (2014–2021)	3 (2014)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#85 (2019)	#46 (2024)	#77 (2025)	7 of 7	864 (2019–2025)	146 (2024)

Luka by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Luka in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	5 of 10	5
2000s	132	10 of 10	13
2010s	230	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	277	6 of 10	46

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 46 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Luka appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1991 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #37, first reached in 2022.

It held a top-100 place in 10 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 209 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Luka was ranked #37 in New Zealand · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Finn#33
Archer#34
Felix#35
Benjamin#36
Jasper#38
Luke#39
Harry#40
Ethan#41

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Luiza · #504, 27y
Lujain · #898, 23y
Lukas · #19, 48y
Lukasz · #34, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Savannah · #37, 34y
Eliana · #38, 30y
Ayla · #39, 35y
Luna · #30, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abbey · #37, 30y
Mollie · #37, 34y
Reggie · #37, 30y
Savannah · #37, 34y

Luka and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Luka without appearing here.

Luka moved ahead of

Cheryl
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
George
In 2007 they stood at #3725 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.
Belinda
In 2024 they stood at #4843 and #3695 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #3705 and #5927.
Freddie
In 2024 they stood at #4843 and #3318 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #3705 and #5927.

Moved ahead of Luka

Noah
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #1743.
Frida
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Logan
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3015.
Shea
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3015.

Moved the opposite way to Luka

Adrian
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Luka went from #587 to #112 while Adrian went from #47 to #70.
Arild
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Luka went from #587 to #112 while Arild went from #204 to #489.
Arne
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Luka went from #587 to #112 while Arne went from #111 to #222.
Bjørn
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Luka went from #587 to #112 while Bjørn went from #37 to #56.

Moved the same way as Luka

Aaron
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Luka went from #587 to #112 and Aaron from #601 to #334.
Adam
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Luka went from #587 to #112 and Adam from #149 to #29.
Aksel
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Luka went from #587 to #112 and Aksel from #168 to #25.
Edward
Between 1991 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Luka went from #587 to #112 and Edward from #522 to #189.

Meaning & Origin

A form of Lucas/Luke used widely across South Slavic and Eastern European languages.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Slavic (Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic forms)

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Luka is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Luka, between 1991 and 2025, in 32 of those 35 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1991–2025	31	#102 in 2024
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#233 in 2024
Republic of Ireland	1998–2025	27	#153 in 2024
Northern Ireland	2003–2024	18	#221 in 2023
New Zealand	2007–2023	8	#37 in 2022
New South Wales, Australia	2019–2025	7	#46 in 2024
Scotland	2024	1	#155 in 2024

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1992; it appears again in 1996.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

LOO-kah/ˈluː.ka/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Luka Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Luka in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Luka

Luka at a glance

What stands out in Luka's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Luka across 9 official records

Luka by decade in Norway · Boys

Luka appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Luka

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Luka and the names beside it

Luka moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Luka

Moved the opposite way to Luka

Moved the same way as Luka

Meaning & Origin

Where Luka is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Luka Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Luka at a glance

What stands out in Luka's record

Luka across 9 official records

Luka by decade in Norway · Boys

Luka appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Luka

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Luka and the names beside it

Luka moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Luka

Moved the opposite way to Luka

Moved the same way as Luka