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Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2002 per million babies of that sex 3,384 babies given this name since 1949 At its height in 2002, about 1 in 11,300 boys 49 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Logan Boy From a Scottish surname taken from a place in Ayrshire, from Gaelic lagan 'little hollow'. Modern · peak 2017 Luke Boy Greek Loukas, probably 'man from Lucania' in southern Italy. Biblical · peak 2014 Lucas Boy From Greek Loukas, probably 'man from Lucania'. Biblical · peak 2017 Luca Boy From Latin Lucas, Greek Loukas, 'man from Lucania'. Middle Ages · peak 2020 Lukas Boy German form of Luke, from Greek Loukas, probably 'man from Lucania'. Middle Ages · peak 2019 Lakisha Girl A modern African American coinage combining the prefix La- with Kisha (Keisha). Modern · peak 1977 · forgotten Luka Boy From Greek Loukas, 'man from Lucania' in southern Italy. Middle Ages · peak 2020 Lucretia Girl Feminine of Lucretius, a Roman family name of uncertain origin, possibly linked to lucrum 'profit'. Rome · peak 1882 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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