Luca Boy
How popular is Luca?
#14 boy name in 2025
8,759 baby boys were named Luca in the US in 2025, making it the 14th most popular boy name. Another 65 girls got the name (#2,645 for girls).
Luca popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #14 for boys (▲ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 8,759 boys, 65 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+235% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #157 in 2015, #67 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (8,759 boys) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Luca counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Luca family of names ranked #4 for boys in 2025 (#6 the year before), with 13,508 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Luca | 8,759 | 65% |
| Luka | 3,873 | 29% |
| Lucca | 757 | 6% |
| Lukah | 62 | 0% |
| Lucah | 36 | 0% |
| Lukka | 15 | 0% |
| Lukai | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Luca is most popular
Babies named Luca per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 12.9 per 1,000 (210 boys)
- Hawaii: 11.2 per 1,000 (174 boys)
- Connecticut: 10.5 per 1,000 (712 boys)
- District of Columbia: 9.2 per 1,000 (136 boys)
- New Jersey: 8.5 per 1,000 (1,709 boys)
Luca by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #3,176 |
| 1920s | 41 | #2,978 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,537 |
| 1960s | 48 | #2,444 |
| 1970s | 121 | #1,872 |
| 1980s | 252 | #1,765 |
| 1990s | 720 | #1,061 |
| 2000s | 7,233 | #281 |
| 2010s | 24,939 | #87 |
| 2020s | 44,138 | #14 |
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Questions
- Is Luca a boy or girl name?
- Luca is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Luca were boys.
- How popular is the name Luca?
- 8,759 baby boys were named Luca in the US in 2025, making it the 14th most popular boy name. Another 65 girls got the name (#2,645 for girls).
- When was Luca most popular?
- Luca peaked in 2025, when 8,759 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #14 in 2025.
- How many people are named Luca?
- 79,211 babies have been named Luca in the US since 1880. We estimate about 78,704 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Luca most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Luca was most common in Rhode Island, at 12.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.