Luc
Luc is a French masculine given name and occasionally a diminutive form of other names. Notable people with this name include:Luc Abalo, French handball player Luc Alphand, French alpine skier Luc Arbogast, French musician, singer, and songwriter Luc Berthold, Canadian politician Luc Besson, French film director, screenwriter and producer Luc Blanchette, Canadian politician Luc Bradet, Canadian…
- French
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Luc
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Luc is a French masculine given name and occasionally a diminutive form of other names. Notable people with this name include:Luc Abalo, French handball player Luc Alphand, French alpine skier Luc Arbogast, French musician, singer, and songwriter Luc Berthold, Canadian politician Luc Besson, French film director, screenwriter and producer Luc Blanchette, Canadian politician Luc Bradet, Canadian…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- Welsh
The Story of Luc
Luc first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1949, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 172 births, good for #930 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 39% of all recorded Lucs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,662 among baby boy names with 31 births, falling sharply (-36%). In total, more than 4K Lucs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Luc
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Names that sound like Luc
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About the name Luc
Luc is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Luc's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #930. Use the chart and map above to compare Luc's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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