Lucca Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

About Lucca

This spelling is more unisex than either Luca or Luka, perhaps because it is also an Italian city name. However, it fell for both genders in 2021, as the Disney movie Luca sent that spelling skyrocketing.

Lucca for girls#5050 US

Its origin is lost in the mists of time, but may come from a word meaning "marsh", and has also been connected to Latin words leaning "sacred wood" and "cut" — so perhaps a woodland clearing. For the musically inclined, Lucca is the birthplace of composers including Giacomo Puccini and Luigi Boccherini.

Lucca for boys#425 US

Lucca first entered the US Top 1000 in 2012 and has been trending upwards.

For those of you who are musically inclined, Lucca (with the double c) is the birthplace of Giacomo Puccini, which should win this variant some additional admirers. The city name's origin is lost in the mists of time, but may come from a word meaning "marsh", and has also been connected to Latin words leaning "sacred wood" and "cut" — so perhaps a woodland clearing.

Pronounced LOO-kah.

As of October 2026, Lucca ranked #5050 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3047 in 2020.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history

US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025

Girls #3,781

Boys #425

20142025

18802025

Data table

Year	US rank · girls	Births · girls	US rank · boys	Births · boys
2014	#3,821	40	#740	322
2015	#3,372	48	#754	320
2016	#3,447	46	#687	362
2017	#3,279	49	#662	386
2018	#3,321	48	#630	422
2019	#3,312	48	#586	475
2020	#3,047	53	#456	651
2021	—	0	#468	637
2022	—	0	#502	598
2023	—	0	#494	609
2024	#3,781	40	#524	566
2025	—	0	#425	757