Luc

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Luc: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Luc: Recorded since 1994, it reached #243 in 2001, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#445
1997	#425
1998	#390
1999	#387
2000	#348
2001	#363
2002	#350
2003	#401
2004	#443
2005	#421
2006	#543
2007	#684
2008	#728
2009	#884
2010	#1055
2011	#944
2012	#1152
2013	#1086
2014	#1370
2015	#1673
2016	#1627
2017	#1339
2018	#4749
2019	#1986
2020	#2228
2021	#2125
2022	#2320
2023	#4991

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2023.

In 2016: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1627 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1994–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #263 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2011
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2011).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Luc appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 992 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1994.

Luc across 3 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.

Luc'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
England and Wales · Boys	#445 (1996)	#348 (2000)	#4991 (2023)	28 of 28	992 (1996–2023)	72 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#263 (1994)	#263 (1994)	#601 (2016)	17 of 23	85 (1994–2016)	10 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#243 (2001)	#243 (2001)	#311 (2011)	4 of 11	14 (2001–2011)	4 (2001)

Luc by decade in England and Wales · 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 Luc in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	207	4 of 10	52
2000sbusiest	571	10 of 10	57
2010s	183	10 of 10	18
2020s	31	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 57 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Luc appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1994 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #243 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Luc's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1086	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#884	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#728	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#684	41	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#543	54	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#421	69	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#443	61	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#401	65	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#350	72	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#363	67	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#348	71	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#387	58	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#390	57	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#425	48	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#445	44	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1994 and 2023, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 72 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 7 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.

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.

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Luca · #3, 43y
Luca-James · #1076, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Denver · #243, 31y
Deon · #243, 29y
Inayah · #243, 30y
Kain · #243, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cailean · #243, 22y
Deon · #243, 29y
Eimile · #243, 13y
Inayah · #243, 30y

Luc was ranked #243 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2001. 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.

Luc 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Luc without appearing here.

Luc moved ahead of

Courtney Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4749 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1986 and #3013.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #720 and #611 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #540 and #730.
Marius Compare
In 2011 they stood at #540 and #490 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #430 and #616.
Ashley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #375 and #337 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #370 and #518.

Moved ahead of Luc

Gerard Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1339 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1158.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Fredrik Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1339 and #1470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1284.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1339 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1382.

Moved the opposite way to Luc

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luc went from #445 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luc went from #445 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luc went from #445 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luc went from #445 to #4991 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Luc

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luc went from #445 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luc went from #445 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luc went from #445 to #4991 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Luc went from #445 to #4991 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1994 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #243 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Luc

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Luc across 3 official records

Luc by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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