Luca
Luca is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Romanian, German, Dutch, English, Spanish, Hungarian.
- Italian
- Romanian
- German
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Luca
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Luca is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Romanian, German, Dutch, English, Spanish, Hungarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Romanian
- German
- Dutch
- English
- Spanish
- Hungarian
The Story of Luca
Luca first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 8,929 births, good for #14 nationwide. About 61% of every Luca on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Luca ranks #14 for baby boys with 8,929 births, rising sharply (+80% over the past five years). All told, over 86K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Luca
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Luca. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Lucca
- Lúcia
Names that sound like Luca
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About the name Luca
Luca is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 86K births in the dataset. Luca's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #14. Use the chart and map above to compare Luca's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.