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Baby name
Luke
Boy
Origin of the name
Luke comes from the Greek Loukas, usually explained as “man from Lucania,” a region of southern Italy. Saint Luke is one of the four evangelists.
Classic name
323,020births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 28rank at its peak, in 2014
Where babies named Luke are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Luke is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Luke is most common in Alaska (2.1 times), Utah (1.8) and Nevada (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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