Luca
Pronounced L UW1 K AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 110 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Luca?
Luca is a boys' name, and first appears in 1915. It has been given to 104,079 children — the 310th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 12,262 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Luka and Lucca — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Luca and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Luka
- Lucca
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L UW1 K AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Luca
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Luca
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Luca?
- Luca ranks 310th among boys' names in US records, with 104,079 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 77,976.
- Is Luca a unisex name?
- No. Luca is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Luca most popular?
- 2024, when 12,262 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Luca spelled?
- Luka, Lucca. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.