Lucky is an English word name that means "fortunate" and is given in hope of good fortune; in Indian American families it is also a common nickname for boys named Lakshman or Lakshya, and in Italy and Latin America it travels as a pet form of Luca and Lucas. Lucky has been in slow but constant use in the US for decades and climbed from number 2160 in 2000 to number 1580 in 2025, its best rank so far.