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 0.000014597 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 0.00000985 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 0.000009438 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 0.000012579 52 -100%
1959 62 0.000014911 62 -100%
1960 78 0.000018778 78 -100%
1961 90 0.000021727 90 -100%
1962 86 0.000021312 86 -100%
1963 74 0.000018695 74 -100%
1964 90 0.000023151 90 -100%
1965 81 0.000022342 81 -100%
1966 80 0.000023017 80 -100%
1967 59 0.000017379 59 -100%
1968 98 0.000029008 98 -100%
1969 122 0.000035105 122 -100%
1970 160 0.000044364 160 -100%
1971 200 0.000058269 200 -100%
1972 230 0.000073179 230 -100%
1973 305 0.000101098 305 -100%
1974 565 0.000185855 565 -100%
1975 892 0.000295424 892 -100%
1976 884 0.000291336 7 877 -98%
1977 1109 0.000349127 10 1099 -98%
1978 1968 0.000620063 14 1954 -99%
1979 2553 0.000767358 11 2542 -99%
1980 3096 0.000898823 15 3081 -99%
1981 3390 0.000979946 18 3372 -99%
1982 2755 0.000785356 16 2739 -99%
1983 2374 0.000685466 15 2359 -99%
1984 2128 0.00060996 12 2116 -99%
1985 2326 0.000651703 8 2318 -99%
1986 2209 0.000621015 11 2198 -99%
1987 2337 0.000648156 9 2328 -99%
1988 2726 0.000737745 11 2715 -99%
1989 2872 0.000747051 11 2861 -99%
1990 3098 0.000783812 9 3089 -99%
1991 3248 0.000833833 7 3241 -100%
1992 3387 0.000881739 9 3378 -99%
1993 3924 0.001040772 3924 -100%
1994 4018 0.001080789 9 4009 -100%
1995 4093 0.001117648 7 4086 -100%
1996 4106 0.001125797 4106 -100%
1997 4042 0.001114804 8 4034 -100%
1998 4100 0.001114674 9 4091 -100%
1999 4226 0.001144059 6 4220 -100%
2000 4824 0.001276223 6 4818 -100%
2001 4900 0.001308974 4900 -100%
2002 5394 0.001442905 13 5381 -100%
2003 5755 0.00151355 5755 -100%
2004 6755 0.001767897 39 6716 -99%
2005 7588 0.001973552 10 7578 -100%
2006 8150 0.002060063 11 8139 -100%
2007 8774 0.002194771 15 8759 -100%
2008 9343 0.002376952 15 9328 -100%
2009 9629 0.002520565 10 9619 -100%
2010 10400 0.002814051 14 10386 -100%
2011 10418 0.002848166 13 10405 -100%
2012 10724 0.002932164 7 10717 -100%
2013 11568 0.003173082 10 11558 -100%
2014 12182 0.003286768 8 12174 -100%
2015 12345 0.003335664 16 12329 -100%
2016 12915 0.003520322 11 12904 -100%
2017 13041 0.003646613 12 13029 -100%
2018 12678 0.003605908 19 12659 -100%
2019 12497 0.003600473 19 12478 -100%
2020 11388 0.003408992 7 11381 -100%
2021 11587 0.003420063 5 11582 -100%
2022 10978 0.003244919 16 10962 -100%
2023 10892 0.003289446 10 10882 -100%
2024 10711 0.003217965 8 10703 -100%