Name Trends

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How popular is “Lucas” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lucas” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lucas” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lucas” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lucas” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lucas” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lucas” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lucas” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 -100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 -100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 -100%
1886 8 0.000031334 8 -100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 -100%
1891 8 0.000027907 8 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 -100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 22 0.000022266 22 -100%
1913 27 0.000023744 27 -100%
1914 26 0.000018357 26 -100%
1915 41 0.000022375 41 -100%
1916 33 0.000017059 33 -100%
1917 35 0.000017441 35 -100%
1918 52 0.000023951 52 -100%
1919 32 0.000015164 32 -100%
1920 41 0.00001812 41 -100%
1921 44 0.000018848 44 -100%
1922 37 0.000016163 37 -100%
1923 50 0.000021716 50 -100%
1924 49 0.000020574 49 -100%
1925 36 0.000015429 36 -100%
1926 40 0.000017422 40 -100%
1927 36 0.000015522 36 -100%
1928 38 0.000016807 38 -100%
1929 32 0.000014597 32 -100%
1930 30 0.000013494 30 -100%
1931 27 0.000012831 27 -100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 -100%
1935 33 0.000015791 33 -100%
1936 21 0.000010108 21 -100%
1937 26 0.000012203 26 -100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 -100%
1939 26 0.0000118 26 -100%
1940 19 0.000008252 19 -100%
1941 24 0.000009851 24 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 29 0.000010781 29 -100%
1945 24 0.000009047 24 -100%
1946 29 0.000009076 29 -100%
1947 34 0.000009439 34 -100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 -100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 -100%
1950 24 0.00000685 24 -100%
1951 27 0.000007329 27 -100%
1952 35 0.000009215 35 -100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 -100%
1954 20 0.000005024 20 -100%
1955 33 0.000008219 33 -100%
1956 34 0.000008246 34 -100%
1957 31 0.000007377 31 -100%
1958 52 0.000012582 52 -100%
1959 62 0.000014916 62 -100%
1960 78 0.000018776 78 -100%
1961 90 0.000021734 90 -100%
1962 86 0.000021313 86 -100%
1963 74 0.000018694 74 -100%
1964 90 0.00002315 90 -100%
1965 81 0.000022341 81 -100%
1966 81 0.000023305 81 -100%
1967 59 0.000017378 59 -100%
1968 97 0.00002871 97 -100%
1969 123 0.000035389 123 -100%
1970 160 0.00004436 160 -100%
1971 199 0.000057976 199 -100%
1972 232 0.000073807 232 -100%
1973 305 0.00010109 305 -100%
1974 566 0.000186172 566 -100%
1975 891 0.000295059 891 -100%
1976 885 0.000291633 7 878 -98%
1977 1110 0.000349419 10 1100 -98%
1978 1967 0.000619685 14 1953 -99%
1979 2553 0.000767286 11 2542 -99%
1980 3095 0.000898445 15 3080 -99%
1981 3394 0.000981042 18 3376 -99%
1982 2757 0.000785878 16 2741 -99%
1983 2374 0.000685446 15 2359 -99%
1984 2126 0.00060939 12 2114 -99%
1985 2326 0.000651721 8 2318 -99%
1986 2208 0.000620756 11 2197 -99%
1987 2336 0.00064791 9 2327 -99%
1988 2725 0.000737531 11 2714 -99%
1989 2874 0.0007476 11 2863 -99%
1990 3098 0.000783886 9 3089 -99%
1991 3247 0.000833635 7 3240 -100%
1992 3386 0.00088155 9 3377 -99%
1993 3922 0.001040323 3922 -100%
1994 4020 0.001081414 9 4011 -100%
1995 4091 0.001117184 7 4084 -100%
1996 4105 0.001125608 4105 -100%
1997 4040 0.00111432 8 4032 -100%
1998 4100 0.001114742 9 4091 -100%
1999 4226 0.001144136 6 4220 -100%
2000 4824 0.001276319 6 4818 -100%
2001 4900 0.001309077 4900 -100%
2002 5394 0.001443097 13 5381 -100%
2003 5755 0.001513773 5755 -100%
2004 6753 0.001767635 39 6714 -99%
2005 7588 0.0019739 10 7578 -100%
2006 8148 0.002060012 11 8137 -100%
2007 8772 0.002194839 15 8757 -100%
2008 9340 0.002376936 15 9325 -100%
2009 9628 0.002521196 10 9618 -100%
2010 10399 0.00281478 14 10385 -100%
2011 10415 0.002848501 13 10402 -100%
2012 10721 0.00293267 7 10714 -100%
2013 11566 0.003174288 10 11556 -100%
2014 12176 0.003287092 8 12168 -100%
2015 12339 0.003336318 16 12323 -100%
2016 12910 0.003521684 11 12899 -100%
2017 13036 0.003648722 12 13024 -100%
2018 12672 0.003608457 19 12653 -100%
2019 12486 0.00360261 19 12467 -100%
2020 11367 0.003409438 7 11360 -100%
2021 11568 0.003422776 5 11563 -100%
2022 10925 0.003249654 16 10909 -100%