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The name Luke is of Greek origin, and means light bringer. The table below indicates the number of times the name Luke has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Luke**
Use of the Name Luke for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
137,381	129,579	113,846	68,493	42,520	18,718	9,456

The table below indicates the number of times the name Luke has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Luke**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	256	43
1881	241	42
1882	259	44
1883	270	38
1884	275	39
1885	234	50
1886	241	50
1887	236	47
1888	268	45
1889	245	44
1890	269	42
1891	362	23
1892	282	42
1893	255	48
1894	313	32
1895	248	53
1896	274	45
1897	264	44
1898	314	38
1899	296	35
1900	243	70
1901	287	37
1902	301	41
1903	274	46
1904	320	39
1905	271	53
1906	261	57
1907	320	45
1908	304	52
1909	306	57
1910	294	71
1911	349	62
1912	430	83
1913	403	115
1914	366	167
1915	432	157
1916	410	185
1917	444	163
1918	448	176
1919	466	164
1920	471	168
1921	481	164
1922	441	191
1923	450	183
1924	426	207
1925	472	164
1926	472	162
1927	483	156
1928	495	150
1929	474	154
1930	504	140
1931	478	141
1932	441	164
1933	544	110
1934	533	122
1935	525	121
1936	526	117
1937	551	112
1938	524	123
1939	531	117
1940	549	116
1941	540	120
1942	614	106
1943	564	127
1944	569	116
1945	551	118
1946	569	127
1947	547	151
1948	529	158
1949	541	152
1950	513	172
1951	529	163
1952	553	159
1953	541	171
1954	518	196
1955	496	219
1956	480	249
1957	455	288
1958	429	335
1959	425	349
1960	385	425
1961	392	411
1962	391	425
1963	389	420
1964	374	443
1965	392	402
1966	401	353
1967	410	344
1968	397	387
1969	369	448
1970	352	533
1971	352	522
1972	319	570
1973	287	630
1974	266	721
1975	256	774
1976	223	910
1977	191	1,234
1978	140	1,876
1979	110	2,465
1980	97	3,094
1981	100	3,007
1982	119	2,468
1983	105	2,646
1984	110	2,464
1985	106	2,735
1986	106	2,648
1987	111	2,588
1988	119	2,618
1989	121	2,706
1990	118	2,874
1991	113	3,015
1992	93	4,056
1993	87	4,347
1994	91	4,087
1995	82	4,623
1996	75	5,008
1997	78	4,947
1998	75	5,270
1999	67	6,125
2000	59	7,133
2001	50	7,993
2002	46	8,676
2003	46	9,262
2004	42	9,456
Totals:		137,381		0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Luke as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.

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