Luck

#8,654 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Luck has been given to 30 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #8,654 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Luck, 2025

1 in 368,000

Luck over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Luck: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Luck means

Luck is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Luck is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 30 boys were recorded with the name Luck between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2025; its best national rank was #8,654 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Luck?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 190,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,654; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Luck sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Luck. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lucks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Luck was born before 2023 — so the typical Luck is around 2 today.

Median birth year: 2023; About 2 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 66.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 30; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 66.7% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Luck rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,156; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (9)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,654; 2025

Spellings of Luck

Luck is not the most common spelling — Jack is, with 35.8% against Luck's <0.01%.

Jack35.8%756,943
Lucas15.6%331,092
Luke15.3%323,020
Luis13.8%292,959
Rick3.9%81,829
Luca3.7%77,521
Nick2.4%50,457
Mack2.0%42,720

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Luck around the world

Where Luck ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1991–2021
#5,642
in 2021

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Luck by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,654
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #8,654; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 9 that year
First recorded: 2009
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 30
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Luck

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Luckie Lucki Lucario Lucerys Lucino Lucchese Lucy Lucia Luckas Lucias Lucuis Luckey Lucero Lucan Tuck Luciel Lucah Lucis Lucile Luccas Lucion Luchiano Lucinda Lucais

Sibling names for Luck

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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