Luca
Boy nameLuca has been given to 79,211 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It peaked in 2025 and currently ranks #14 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈluːkə/
Borrowed from Italian Luca, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), hypocoristic of Λούκιος (Loúkios) (from Latin Lūcius m) or Λουκανός (Loukanós) or both with -ᾶς (-âs). As a female given name, used in Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian as an equivalent of Lucy (ultimately of same origin, from Latin Lūcia f), but English usage is influenced by the male given name, similar Lucas, Luke, and the feminine ending -a.
Origin: Italian
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
79,211
Peak year
2025 (8,824 babies)
Rank in 2025
#14 for boys
First recorded
1915
10-year trend
▲ +229%
Gender split
2% girls / 98% boys
Famous people named Luca
Luca Pacioli
Italian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)
Luca Toni
Italian association football player (1977-)
Luca Signorelli
Italian Renaissance painter (c.1450-1523)
Ion Luca Caragiale
Romanian playwright, writer and poet (1852-1912)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Luca.
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