Lucca
Meaning
“Italian place name (city in Tuscany), also used as a variant of Luca”
The story
Lucca is a walled Tuscan city worn as a boys' name, and our records also read it as a variant of Luca, the Italian form of Luke that counts about 79,200 here with its own story. The doubled c is the signature: it distinguishes the place-name spelling from Luca, so the two forms stay visibly separate even though they share a root. The record is young and quick: about 50 in the 1990s, 1,000 in the 2000s, 3,600 in the 2010s, and already 4,000 so far this decade, past the full 2010s with years to run. It goes to boys about 7,900 to 770. The city kept its Renaissance walls intact, and walking the top of them is the whole tour: a name that comes with ramparts, a piazza, and a double c at its heart.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lucca peaked in the 2020s.
Popularity in Brazil
40,407 people · the #663 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 5,025 · median age 4
Among people named Lucca living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 16,776 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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.
The Lucca deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Lucca truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Lucca fits with your family’s names and surname.
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