Luca
About Luca
Very much a boy's name in Italy, it's beginning to be seen as a unisex possibility here: actress Jennie Garth used it for her daughter, as did influencers Alyssa and Dallin Johnson, When spelled Lucca as in the Italian city, it can also be considered one of the place names along with Venezia, Roma, and Milana that make great Italian names for girls.
In Hungary, Luca, pronounced LOO-tsaw is a hugely popular choice, and is used as a variation of Lucia. Luca entered the Top 30 in Hungary back in the 2000s and had climbed to the Top 10 by 2012. Since then, it's taken the Number One spot, appearing alongside Hanna and Zoé.
In the US, 62 girls were called Luca in a recent year, which is equivalent to less than 1% of all Lucas born.
Pronounced LOO-kuh.
As of October 2026, Luca ranked #2675 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1762 in 2021.
Editor's take: The name Luca is a girl's name of Italian, Hungarian origin meaning "light; man from Lucania".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,604 | 68 | 38.1 |
| 2015 | #2,607 | 69 | 38.7 |
| 2016 | #2,337 | 81 | 45.7 |
| 2017 | #2,082 | 94 | 54.4 |
| 2018 | #2,074 | 93 | 54.7 |
| 2019 | #2,040 | 94 | 56 |
| 2020 | #2,041 | 91 | 56.3 |
| 2021 | #1,762 | 116 | 70.7 |
| 2022 | #2,285 | 82 | 50 |
| 2023 | #2,187 | 87 | 54.2 |
| 2024 | #2,755 | 62 | 38.3 |
| 2025 | #2,675 | 65 | 40.4 |
World rankings
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Luca on lists
Famous Lucas
- Luca Bella Facinelli (b. 1997)
daughter of actors Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli
- Luca Lyght
daughter of NFL player Todd Lyght
- Luca Kaszás (b. 2007)
daughter of actor Attila Kaszás
- Luca Cruz Woodyard (b. 2017)
daughter of NFL player Wesley Woodyard
Luca in pop culture
- Luca
character in the Final Fantasy IV video games and city in Final Fantasy X and X,2