Lucky

Lucky: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“fortunate”
Origin
English
Say it
LUK-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (86% of all uses)

From the English word lucky, ultimately from luck. It is an English vocabulary name and nickname-style given name.

How popular is Lucky?

202433.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Lucky in 2024111

2024 rank#1,862 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18804,081

Lucky is rising: use over the last five years is 1.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Lucky

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • JackGod is gracious · English
  • Hudsonson of Hudd · English
  • Jacksonson of Jack · English
  • Cartercart driver · English
  • Wyattbrave in war · English
  • Maverickindependent person · English
  • Masonstoneworker · English
  • Graysonson of the steward · English

Lucky questions

What does the name Lucky mean?

Lucky means "fortunate". It comes from English. From the English word lucky, ultimately from luck. It is an English vocabulary name and nickname-style given name.

Is Lucky a boy or girl name?

Lucky is mainly a boy's name in US records (86% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lucky?

111 US babies were named Lucky in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Lucky?

Lucky is usually pronounced LUK-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.