Lukasz
Masculine · “of Lucania”
Łukasz is the Polish form of Luke, and the name is a place — Lucania, a region in the south of Italy.
How old is the name Lukasz?
Lukasz first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Lukasz alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 700 people named Lukasz are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lukasz most popular?
Lukasz peaked in 1992, reaching #2909 nationally. Today it ranks #4396, 1,487 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.
Where it comes from
From Lucanus to Lukasz
The story of Lukasz
Luke wrote the third Gospel and Acts, and his name says he was from Lucania or connected to it, which fits a Greek-speaking gentile in the Roman south. Polish gives Łukasz, with a barred l that is said as a w. It has been among the most-used Polish men's names for decades and reaches American records with Polish families, usually simplified to Lukasz.
Meaning
of Lucania
From Latin Lucanus, of Lucania, a region of southern Italy; Loukas is the Greek form used in the New Testament. The connection to lux, light, is a later folk association and is not the derivation.
How the name formed
- Lucanus
- Loukas
- Łukasz
Related forms: Łukasz · Luke · Lucas
Pronouncing Lukasz
WOO-kash
Two syllables, first stressed; the barred Polish l is said as a w and the sz as sh.
Nicknames for Lukasz
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1981
- Most boys named
- 200728 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2909reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- +9.5%23 in 2025, from 21
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.
Lukasz in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Łukasz in Polish — same name
- Luke in English — same name
- Lucas in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, Connecticut, Michigan.
Lukaszs among us
people named Lukasz are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 74,264 born in 2025 was named Lukasz
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Senica test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lukasz's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Senica climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Senica's path sketches the road Lukasz is walking now.
Lukasz 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
Lukasz beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lukasz in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning tied to a real Italian region.
- Luke stands behind it as the familiar English form.
- Very well used in Poland, so it has a large community behind it.
- The barred l is lost in American systems and the pronunciation goes with it.
- Americans will read it as LOO-kash, which is not the Polish sound.
- The connection to the Latin for light is a folk association, not the origin.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lukaszs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Lukasz are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lukasz in 2025?
- Lukasz ranks #4396 among US boy names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lukasz?
- About 1 in every 74,264 US boys born in 2025 was named Lukasz — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lukasz with classmates?
- Lukasz will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lukasz
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