Loukas
A Greek name derived from Lucas, meaning "man from Lucania".
Name Census estimates that about 621 living Americans carry the first name Loukas. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Loukas today is around 13 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Loukas births was 2021 (41 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Loukas. 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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Loukas with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
621
~ 1 in 551,939 Americans
Peak year
2021
41 babies that year
Average age
13
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,124
Tracked since 1972
Census
Loukas in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 487 people with the first name Loukas, which placed it at #20,996 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#20,996
National first-name rank
People counted
487
487 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
74.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Loukas
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Loukas is White at 74.9%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (14.8%) and Two or More Races (5.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Loukas described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Loukas at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White74.9% · 365
- Hispanic or Latino14.8% · 72
- Two or more races5.5% · 27
- Black or African American2.5% · 12
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.1% · 10
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.2% · 1
Popularity
Loukas: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Loukas from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 291 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Loukas remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Loukas 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 Loukas during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Loukas' live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. California, New York, Pennsylvania recorded the most babies named Loukas, while Texas, Pennsylvania, New York recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 16 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Loukas
Loukas is a masculine given name that has its origins in Greek culture and language. It is a variant spelling of the name Lucas, which is derived from the Latin name Lucius, meaning "bringer of light." The Greek form, Loukas, stems from the Ancient Greek word "loukos," meaning "bright" or "shining."
The name Loukas is believed to have been in use since ancient times, with one of the earliest recorded instances being in the New Testament of the Bible. The Gospel of Luke is attributed to a physician named Loukas, who was a companion of the apostle Paul. This association with the evangelist has given the name a strong Christian connotation throughout history.
In the Byzantine Empire, the name Loukas was popular among the ruling class and nobility. One notable figure bearing this name was Loukas Notaras, a Byzantine statesman and military leader who served as the last Megas Doux (Grand Duke) of the Empire before its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
During the Middle Ages, the name Loukas gained popularity across Europe, particularly in regions with strong Greek cultural influences, such as Italy and parts of the Balkans. One famous bearer of the name was Loukas Phrankos, a 13th-century Italian scholar and translator who played a crucial role in the transmission of Greek knowledge to the West.
In the Renaissance period, the name Loukas was associated with several notable artists and intellectuals. Loukas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was a renowned German Renaissance painter and printmaker, while Loukas Valerius (1495-1578) was a Flemish humanist and philosopher known for his works on rhetoric and education.
In more recent history, Loukas Raikos (1849-1935) was a Greek politician and diplomat who served as the Prime Minister of Greece in the early 20th century. Loukas Tsaldaris (1884-1963) was another prominent Greek politician who served as the Prime Minister of Greece twice in the 1930s.
Other notable individuals with the name Loukas include Loukas Apostolides (1920-1982), a Cypriot writer and poet, and Loukas Sideras (born 1944), a Greek musician and composer known for his contributions to the rebetiko genre.
People
Loukas + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Loukas 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
Loukas: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Loukas?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 621 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Loukas 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 551,939 US residents.
Is Loukas a common name?
We classify Loukas as "Very Rare". It ranks above 86.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 627 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Loukas most popular?
The single biggest year for Loukas was 2021, when 41 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Loukas is about 13 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Loukas in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 487 people with the name Loukas, or 0.16 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #20,996 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Loukas in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Loukas?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Loukas appears almost entirely male. Of the 485 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Loukas?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Loukas is White at 74.9%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (14.8%) and Two or More Races (5.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Loukas most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Loukas in the 2020 Census, accounting for 74.9% (365 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Loukas in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Loukas a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Loukas 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.
Is Loukas still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Loukas in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Loukas can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many people have Loukas as a first name?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Loukas, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.