Boys' name · since 1915
Luca
77,521 babies named Luca in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #378 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #14 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 77,521
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Luca currently ranks #14 among boys' names in America, with 77,521 babies recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Luca recorded 77,521 times among boys since 1915, holding rank #14 nationally today, ahead of 99.9% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #378 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #14 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 77,521 born since 1915
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luca ranks #378 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 77,521 born since 1915, peaking in the 2020s.
- #378 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #14 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 77,521
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Luca's 77,521 recorded births place it above 99.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Luca compares
77,521 Top 3% higher than 97% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Luca's all-time total is 210x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luca | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 77,521 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8,759 | 34 | 22,252 |
Luca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Luca splits its recorded history at 1990: 99% of all births land in the more recent half, 1% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 8,759 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Luca popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8,759
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Luca popularity over time - girls
1,690 total births recorded since 1987 (Luca as girls' name)
Luca by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44,138 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Luca's strongest decade.
44,138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Luca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 24
1910s
24 births
- 1920s 41
1920s
41 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 48
1960s
48 births
- 1970s 121
1970s
121 births
- 1980s 252
1980s
252 births
- 1990s 720
1990s
720 births
- 2000s 7,233
2000s
7,233 births
- 2010s
2010s
24,939 births
- 2020s
2020s
44,138 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44,138 births (57% of all-time use).
How Luca compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Luca's total volume
Luca by state
Where Luca concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11,645 | 15.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 7,594 | 9.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6,000 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5,852 | 7.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 4,025 | 5.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 3,719 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 3,143 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 2,514 | 3.2% |
11,645 of 77,521 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Luca appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Luca's data
- California records the most Lucas (11,645 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Luca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Luca draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.