Lukasz
Polish masculine name derived from Latin, meaning "coming from Lucania".
Name Census estimates that about 677 living Americans carry the first name Lukasz. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Lukasz today is around 20 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Lukasz births was 2007 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Lukasz. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
677
~ 1 in 506,284 Americans
Peak year
2007
28 babies that year
Average age
20
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,797
Tracked since 1981
Popularity
Lukasz: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Lukasz from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 204 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Lukasz remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lukasz by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Lukasz during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Lukasz' live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. Illinois, New York, Connecticut recorded the most babies named Lukasz, while Michigan, Connecticut, New York recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 55 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Lukasz
Lukasz is a Polish name derived from the Latin name Lucas, which itself comes from the Greek name Loukas. The name Loukas stems from the Latin word "lux," meaning "light." It first emerged as a name in the 1st century AD among early Christians.
The name Lukasz has its roots in the biblical figure of Luke the Evangelist, one of the four Evangelists and the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Luke was a Greek physician who accompanied the apostle Paul on his missionary journeys and wrote his Gospel based on eyewitness accounts of Jesus' life and teachings.
In early Christian writings, Luke's name is mentioned as Loukas in Greek texts and Lucas in Latin texts. The Polonized form, Lukasz, emerged in the Middle Ages as the name spread throughout Europe with the adoption of Christianity.
One of the earliest recorded Poles to bear the name Lukasz was Lukasz Górka (1482-1547), a Polish nobleman and statesman who served as the Voivode of Poznań and the Grand Crown Marshal of the Polish Crown.
Another notable figure was Lukasz Opaliński (1612-1662), a Polish nobleman, writer, and politician who served as the Grand Crown Marshal and Grand Crown Treasurer of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In the realm of art, Lukasz Cranach (1472-1553), also known as Lucas Cranach the Elder, was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker who worked in Saxony and is best known for his portraits of the German princes and leaders of the Protestant Reformation.
Lukasz Górnicki (1527-1603) was a Polish writer, historian, and secretary to King Sigismund II Augustus. He is renowned for his work "Dworzanin Polski" (The Polish Courtier), which was inspired by Baldassare Castiglione's "Il Cortegiano" and is considered a classic of Polish Renaissance literature.
Lukasz Węgierski (1615-1682) was a Polish Jesuit missionary and explorer who traveled to Tibet and wrote one of the earliest European accounts of that region, "Informatio de Rebus Thibetanis" (Information about Tibetan Affairs).
These are just a few examples of notable individuals throughout history who bore the name Lukasz, showcasing its long and rich heritage rooted in biblical origins and its widespread use in Polish culture and history.
People
Lukasz + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Lukasz as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Lukasz: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lukasz?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 677 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Lukasz going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 506,284 US residents.
Is Lukasz a common name?
We classify Lukasz as "Very Rare". It ranks above 87.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 688 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Lukasz most popular?
The single biggest year for Lukasz was 2007, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Lukasz is about 20 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Lukasz a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Lukasz in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.