girls:
519 births since 1987
#5197 (9th percentile)
boys:
21.4k births since 1975
#785 (83rd percentile)
overall:
21.9k births since 1975
#1724 (78th percentile)
The name Luka is the #1,724 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 21,879 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 77.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 77.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #785 (82.9% percentile) for all time with 21,360 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,197 (9.0% percentile) for all time with 519 births since 1987.
Luka first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Luka is available in 43 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (43 years for boys and 27 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Luka has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Luka reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 89.9% percentile (ranked #93) with 1,993 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,993 births per million (ranked 89.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1985, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Luka is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #93 (89.9% percentile) with 1,993 births per million.
For girls, Luka reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #932) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Luka ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 73.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Luka".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Luka. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Luka is pronounced as LUE-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LUE-kah, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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