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Lukah

Masculine · “from Lucania”

2004high 2020
#2258 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare62 boys in 2025

Lukah respells Luca, and Luke means 'from Lucania' — a region of southern Italy, so the evangelist is named for a place.

How old is the name Lukah?

Lukah first appears in US birth records in 2004 — 21 years ago. The typical Lukah is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Lukah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Lukah most popular?

Lukah peaked in 2020, reaching #1758 nationally. Today it ranks #2258, 500 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Lukah

Luke wrote the third gospel and Acts, and tradition makes him a physician and a Greek. His name says only where he or his family came from — Lucania, the arch of the Italian foot. Italian made Luca. Lukah is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

from Lucania

Through Luke, from the Greek Loukas, a short form of Loukanos, 'man from Lucania' — a region of southern Italy. A folk connection to the Latin lux, 'light', is common and is not the source. The Greek is documented.

How the name formed

  1. Loukanos
  2. Loukas
  3. Luca
  4. Lukah

Related forms: Luca · Luka · Luke

Pronouncing Lukah

LOO-kah

Two syllables, stress on the first. Lukah, Luka and Luca are all said identically.

Nicknames for Lukah

Moderate

LukeThe English form, and a name in its own right with a large record
LuThe front sound alone, and a short form with real use
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 2004–202587440876220042025

US babies named Lukah per year from 2004 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#17582000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2004
Most boys named
202087 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1758reached in 2020
Change vs 2024
−1.6%62 in 2025, from 63
Lukah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2020, with 87 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Lukah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Luca in Italian — related form
  • Luka in English — spelling variant
  • Luke in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Lukahs among us

800

people named Lukah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 27,550 born in 2025 was named Lukah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Lukah

#2258
Lukah on the 2025 chart
#4
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lukah went to 62 boys in 2025, but Luca, Luka and Lucca are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 13,502, which makes it the 4th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,254 places above the chart.

and 2 rarer spellings.

About 1 boy in 127 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,550 for Lukah itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Daevon test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lukah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Daevon climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Daevon's path sketches the road Lukah is walking now.

40%chance Lukah will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Lukah, aligned on its peakDaevon· peak 2000not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+20 yrsDaevon · #7085Lukah today
Lukah today is about where Daevon stood in 2005 — 5 years past a #1758-sized peak. By 2020, Daevon had settled around #7085.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Lukah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Lukah is headed

20042030

US babies named Lukah per year, 2004 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Lukah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-6% by 2030projected around #2,480 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Lukah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Lukah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Lukahthis name62#2258Abdallah62#2258Damion62#2258Rustin62#2258Jackie62#2258

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the evangelist's name is a regional origin rather than a meaning is a first-rate fact.
  • Luke is available as a short form with a large record.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Luca and Luka are the standard spellings.
  • The connection to lux, 'light', is a folk etymology.
  • The h invites constant correction.

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Frequently asked

How many Lukahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Lukah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Lukah?
Lukah is one of 4 recorded spellings. Luca is the more common one — 8,759 births in 2025 against 62 for Lukah.
How popular is the name Lukah in 2025?
Lukah ranks #2258 among US boy names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Lukah?
About 1 in every 27,550 US boys born in 2025 was named Lukah — 62 in all.
Will my child share the name Lukah with classmates?
Lukah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Lukah

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Abdallah#2258 · Damion#2258 · Rustin#2258 · Jackie#2258 · Sloan#2258 · Sahil#2258 · Clement#2258 · Kurt#2258

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