Jesse vs Lucas

How Jesse and Lucas compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

Open Name Tournament

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Jesse (boys) vs Lucas (boys), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric	Jesse	Lucas
Peak year (most US births)	1981 — 10,444 boys	2017 — 13,029 boys
Peak rank	#37	#11
Most recent rank (2025)	#184 (2,002 births)	#10 (10,219 births)
Total US births since 1880	350,492	290,284
Last 10 years (2016–2025)	20,106	116,799

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Lucas reached 13,029 US births in 2017 — 2,585 more than Jesse's peak count.

Crossover Years

Years where one name first passed the other in annual US births. A name "winning" in a year means it had more births that year, not necessarily a higher rank.

Year	New leader	Jesse births	Lucas births
2000	Lucas	4,485	4,818

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name list.

Jesse — top 5 states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Wyoming	#106	22
2	Alaska	#126	71
3	Hawaii	#128	49
4	South Dakota	#140	92
5	California	#140	2,911

Lucas — top 5 states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Florida	#3	8,933
2	New York	#4	8,253
3	New Jersey	#4	3,983
4	Maryland	#6	2,113
5	Connecticut	#6	1,403

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →