boys:
15.5k births since 1892
#937 (80th percentile)
overall:
15.5k births since 1892
#2096 (73rd percentile)
The name Luciano is the #2,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,527 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 72.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #937 (79.6% percentile) for all time with 15,527 births since 1892.
Luciano first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (first recorded for boys in 1892). Birth data for Luciano is available in 122 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Luciano reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 62.8% percentile (ranked #344) with 469 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 469 births per million (ranked 62.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 1987, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Luciano is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #352 (61.4% percentile) with 467 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Luciano".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Luciano. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.0% confident that Luciano is pronounced as lue-chee-AH-noh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lue-CHEE-ah-noh, at 17.9% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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