Luca

“Variant of Lucas — related to Latin lux, 'light'; or 'man from Lucania'” — Greek via Latin origin

Boy's name · #14 in the US (2025) · Trending

Luca first appeared in 1915, vanished from the records entirely for 16 years, and since returning in 1960 has climbed back to #14. About 78,000 boys have carried it in all. Together with its spelling variants Luka (#85) and Lucca (#425), Luca would rank around #4 with about 13,400 births last year — the newborns split about 65/29/6 across Luca, Luka, and Lucca.

Around the world: #2 in Scotland (2025) · #2 in New Zealand (2025) · #3 in Netherlands (2025) · #4 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #4 in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lucas

Luca Pacioli — Italian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)
Luca Toni — Italian association football player (1977-)
Luca Signorelli — Italian Renaissance painter (c.1450-1523)
Luca Guadagnino — Italian filmmaker (born 1971)
Luca della Robbia — Italian sculptor (1399–1482)

In stories & tradition

Luca Brasi — The Godfather
Luca — Aeneid
Luca Nogi — Gakuen Alice

What Lucas become

Among 2,557 notable people named Luca:

Sports figures appear 1.8× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luca Toni, Italian association football player (1977-).

Similar names: Lucas · Enzo · Leo · Bennett · Roman · Milo

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