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 0.000027906 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 0.000014598 32 -100%
1930 30 0.000013494 30 -100%
1931 27 0.00001283 27 -100%
1932 26 0.000012315 26 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 -100%
1935 33 0.00001579 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 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 24 0.000009851 24 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 -100%
1944 29 0.00001078 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 0.000006851 24 -100%
1951 27 0.00000733 27 -100%
1952 34 0.000008952 34 -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 0.000012578 52 -100%
1959 62 0.000014916 62 -100%
1960 78 0.000018777 78 -100%
1961 90 0.000021729 90 -100%
1962 86 0.000021314 86 -100%
1963 74 0.000018695 74 -100%
1964 90 0.000023151 90 -100%
1965 81 0.000022342 81 -100%
1966 80 0.000023018 80 -100%
1967 59 0.000017379 59 -100%
1968 98 0.000029008 98 -100%
1969 122 0.000035104 122 -100%
1970 160 0.000044364 160 -100%
1971 199 0.000057979 199 -100%
1972 230 0.000073178 230 -100%
1973 305 0.000101099 305 -100%
1974 565 0.000185855 565 -100%
1975 892 0.000295426 892 -100%
1976 885 0.000291664 7 878 -98%
1977 1109 0.000349136 10 1099 -98%
1978 1967 0.000619758 14 1953 -99%
1979 2553 0.000767367 11 2542 -99%
1980 3095 0.000898537 15 3080 -99%
1981 3391 0.000980246 18 3373 -99%
1982 2756 0.000785646 16 2740 -99%
1983 2374 0.000685478 15 2359 -99%
1984 2126 0.000609404 12 2114 -99%
1985 2325 0.000651448 8 2317 -99%
1986 2209 0.000621038 11 2198 -99%
1987 2337 0.000648178 9 2328 -99%
1988 2725 0.000737511 11 2714 -99%
1989 2873 0.000747334 11 2862 -99%
1990 3098 0.000783858 9 3089 -99%
1991 3247 0.000833614 7 3240 -100%
1992 3387 0.000881783 9 3378 -99%
1993 3923 0.001040546 3923 -100%
1994 4019 0.001081108 9 4010 -100%
1995 4092 0.001117416 7 4085 -100%
1996 4105 0.001125569 4105 -100%
1997 4040 0.001114288 8 4032 -100%
1998 4100 0.00111471 9 4091 -100%
1999 4226 0.001144095 6 4220 -100%
2000 4824 0.001276261 6 4818 -100%
2001 4900 0.001309017 4900 -100%
2002 5394 0.001442966 13 5381 -100%
2003 5755 0.001513671 5755 -100%
2004 6754 0.00176777 39 6715 -99%
2005 7588 0.001973705 10 7578 -100%
2006 8148 0.002059763 11 8137 -100%
2007 8773 0.002194755 15 8758 -100%
2008 9340 0.002376531 15 9325 -100%
2009 9628 0.002520753 10 9618 -100%
2010 10399 0.002814233 14 10385 -100%
2011 10418 0.002848664 13 10405 -100%
2012 10723 0.002932468 7 10716 -100%
2013 11567 0.003173561 10 11557 -100%
2014 12177 0.003286271 8 12169 -100%
2015 12344 0.003336352 16 12328 -100%
2016 12913 0.003520906 11 12902 -100%
2017 13038 0.003647282 12 13026 -100%
2018 12677 0.003607416 19 12658 -100%
2019 12494 0.003601831 19 12475 -100%
2020 11381 0.003409685 7 11374 -100%
2021 11583 0.003422178 5 11578 -100%
2022 10966 0.003245712 16 10950 -100%
2023 10852 0.003291232 10 10842 -100%