Lukas
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, sometimes also spelled Lucas.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lukas (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lukas has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 381 |
| 1999 | 456 |
| 2000 | 412 |
| 2001 | 442 |
| 2002 | 487 |
| 2003 | 502 |
| 2004 | 524 |
| 2005 | 502 |
| 2006 | 556 |
| 2007 | 485 |
| 2008 | 491 |
| 2009 | 491 |
| 2010 | 397 |
| 2011 | 374 |
| 2012 | 391 |
| 2013 | 389 |
| 2014 | 323 |
| 2015 | 292 |
| 2016 | 346 |
| 2017 | 305 |
| 2018 | 288 |
| 2019 | 300 |
| 2020 | 279 |
| 2021 | 258 |
| 2022 | 229 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 2,754 |
| 2000 | – | 3,166 |
| 2001 | – | 3,618 |
| 2002 | – | 4,110 |
| 2003 | – | 4,619 |
| 2004 | – | 5,143 |
| 2005 | – | 5,640 |
| 2006 | – | 6,211 |
| 2007 | – | 6,692 |
| 2008 | – | 7,209 |
| 2009 | – | 7,719 |
| 2010 | – | 8,137 |
| 2011 | – | 8,529 |
| 2012 | – | 8,948 |
| 2013 | – | 9,359 |
| 2014 | – | 9,703 |
| 2015 | – | 10,017 |
| 2016 | – | 10,397 |
| 2017 | – | 10,745 |
| 2018 | 12 | 11,059 |
| 2019 | 12 | 11,372 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11,669 |
Lukas in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lukas.Hi! My name is Lukas.
- Lukas bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Lukas lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Lukas har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lukas has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Lukas mamma är lärare.Lukas's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lukas mamma is Lukas's mum. Because Lukas already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Lukas
How do you pronounce Lukas in Swedish?
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What does the name Lukas mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, sometimes also spelled Lucas.
How popular is Lukas in Sweden?
229 babies were named Lukas in 2022. In 2020, 11,680 people in Sweden had Lukas as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.