Male name
Luca
33,831 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2025. Expression number: 1.
Origin
Borrowed from Italian Luca, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), hypocoristic of Λούκιος (Loúkios) (from Latin Lūcius m) or Λουκανός (Loukanós) or both with -ᾶς (-âs). As a female given name, used in Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian as an equivalent of Lucy (ultimately of same origin, from Latin Lūcia f), but English usage is influenced by the male given name, similar Lucas, Luke, and the feminine ending -a.From Wiktionary, entry “Luca”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Do you know a Luca?
Send them the page about their name.
How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2025: 3,270 births. 33,831 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 4th among boys' names in 2025. It is still given: 13,740 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2025: 8,824 births. 79,211 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 14th among boys' names in 2025. It really came into use around 1976. It is still given: 39,719 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2025: 260 births. 2,196 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 11th among boys' names in 2025. It really came into use around 2002. It is still given: 977 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 22,155* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Argentina | 19,734 | 2012–2023 | 90th in 2022 |
| France | 17,485 | 1900–2025 | 84th in 2009 |
| Austria | 10,605 | 1984–2025 | 6th in 2012 |
| Quebec | 2,730 | 1980–2025 | 43rd in 2025 |
| Berlin | 2,617 | 2012–2023 | 5th in 2012 |
| Belgium | 1,510 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
3 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 10 → 1
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
4
work, structure, stability
3 + 1 = 4
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
3 + 3 = 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.