Greek Loukas, a man from Lucania — from lucania; light. The gospel writer, a physician, and the only New Testament author generally taken to be a gentile.
Luke ranks 33rd among American boys in 2025, with 6,957 born that year. Its best year was 2014, when 10,536 babies were given the name, ranking 28th. The typical living American called Luke is about 18 years old today. It is relatively most common in Hawaii, where it accounts for 0.81% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.