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Lucca

boy name
Origin
Italian
Syllables
2
Peak era
2020s
Today
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Meaning

modern English variant of Luca; also the exact spelling of the Tuscan city

The story

A defensive wall can outlive its original job. Around the Tuscan city of Lucca, the former fortifications became a tree-lined public promenade where people walk, run, play, and meet above the streets. The city's tourism office describes a green ring embracing the city, an unusually gentle afterlife for military architecture. The given name Lucca has a clear but separate identity: it is documented as a modern English variant of Luca. Its doubled consonant also happens to match the exact spelling of the Italian city. That match makes an evocative cultural echo, not proof that the personal name comes from the place or that the spelling was designed to signal Tuscany. The parallel remains vivid without turning coincidence into etymology. Lucca can be understood through its verified relationship to Luca, while the city supplies a scene of transformation: stone built for defense opening into shade, movement, and ordinary civic life.

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How popular is Lucca around the world?

In the United States, 4,012 babies were named Lucca between 2020 and 2025. In Argentina, 817 newborns were given the name Lucca in 2024.

Lucca is on the official records of the United States, Argentina, Mexico City, Puerto Rico, Montevideo, Chile, Ireland, Brazil, Scotland, Canada, England and Wales, South Australia, France, Austria, Spain and Poland.

United States

1 in 5,400

In the United States, 4,012 babies were named Lucca between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lucca peaked in the 2020s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Argentina

1 in 810

In Argentina, 817 newborns were given the name Lucca in 2024.

2012peak 2023

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Mexico City City

1 in 840

In Mexico City, there were 140 registrations of Lucca in 2022.

2000peak 2022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (3 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Puerto Rico

1 in 1,200

In Puerto Rico, 15 babies were named Lucca in 2025, and 100 have carried the name since 1998.

1998peak 2021

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Montevideo City

1 in 1,400 · 2011

In Montevideo, 16 boys named Lucca were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1980peak 2011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Chile

1 in 3,100

In Chile, 57 boys were registered as Lucca in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1980peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Ireland

1 in 3,900

In Ireland, 14 boys named Lucca were born in 2025, the 309th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Brazil

1 in 5,000

At the 2022 census, 40,407 people in Brazil were named Lucca, the 663rd most common name, with a median age of 4.
Among people named Lucca living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1970speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 16,776 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Scotland

1 in 5,100

In Scotland, 9 boys named Lucca were registered in 2024, the 382nd most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 2020

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Canada

1 in 12,000

In Canada, 30 boys named Lucca were born in 2024, the 857th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 2023

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 15,000

In England and Wales, 39 boys named Lucca were born in 2025, the 822nd most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 2023

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Lucca in 2017.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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France

1 in 21,000

In France, about 30 boys named Lucca were born in 2025, ranked 1,188th among boys that year.

1990peak 2022

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Austria

1 in 25,000

In Austria, 2 boys named Lucca were born in 2025, ranked 1,241st among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
In Austria, 1 girl named Lucca was born in 2025, ranked 1,875th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Spain

1 in 31,000

In Spain, 1,425 residents are named Lucca, ranked 1,053rd among men, with a mean age of 7.1 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Poland

1 in 120,000

In Poland, 2 boys named Lucca were born in 2025, the 705th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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New Zealand

last on record 2023

Lucca is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 20132025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Lucca

Most people given the name Lucca in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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