girls:
1.6k births since 1987
#4191 (27th percentile)
boys:
60.7k births since 1915
#433 (91st percentile)
overall:
62.2k births since 1915
#943 (88th percentile)
The name Luca is the #943 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 62,245 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 87.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #433 (90.6% percentile) for all time with 60,684 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #4,191 (26.7% percentile) for all time with 1,561 births since 1987.
Luca first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Luca is available in 69 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (69 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Luca has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Luca reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 97.5% percentile (ranked #24) with 4,243 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4,243 births per million (ranked 97.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1986, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Luca is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #24 (97.5% percentile) with 4,243 births per million.
For girls, Luca reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 11.9% percentile (ranked #825) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 65 births per million (ranked 11.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Luca ranks #865 for girls (8.7% percentile) with 50 births per million, which is 76.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Luca".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Luca. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.7% confident that Luca is pronounced as LUE-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LUE-kah, at 9.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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