Boys' name · peaked in 2025
Luca name popularity since 1925
79,174 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Luca (2.1% girls, 97.9% boys). Half of them were born in 2021 or earlier, so the typical Luca is about 5 years old in 2026. Luca peaked in 2025 as the #14 name for boys, and it ranked #14 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 79,174
- Named Luca, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #14
- for boys in 2025 (8,759 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 97.9% boys
- 1,690 girls · 77,484 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 2.38× its national share
Peak year is the year Luca made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Luca births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Luca both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1999 and 2004, Luca became 5.2× more common, from 1 in 15,000 baby boys to 1 in 2,890.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Luca's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Luca.
Decade by decade
Babies named Luca in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 28 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 48 | #2,561 |
| 1970s | 0 | 121 | #2,601 |
| 1980s | 14 | 252 | #2,332 |
| 1990s | 16 | 720 | #1,473 |
| 2000s | 398 | 7,233 | #400 |
| 2010s | 758 | 24,939 | #157 |
| 2020–25 | 504 | 44,138 | #14 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
83.3% of babies named Luca from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Luca is most popular
The index compares Luca's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Luca.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 2.38× | 660 |
| Florida | 2.09× | 5,876 |
| Connecticut | 1.98× | 1,669 |
| New Jersey | 1.74× | 3,724 |
| Rhode Island | 1.64× | 452 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Luca and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Luca (this page) | 77,484 | 2025 |
| Luka | 28,959 | 2025 |
| Lucca | 7,889 | 2025 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Luca's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Luca.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Luca (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data