Lucas
1.55k
Babies in 2024
-37%
10-year change
2009
Peak · 3.28k
-6%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Lucas
Lucas peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (3,276 babies in 2009) and has remained in active use — 1,550 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Lucas reached its peak in 2009, when 3,276 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #17 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 1,550 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 49,061 boys have been officially registered with the name Lucas in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 22,681 boys were registered with the name, starting from 2,445 in 2014 and ending at 1,550 in 2024.