boy's name

Gianluca

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 6,121

Scotland

#680

2016 births

Gianluca is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 181 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Gianluca is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 2017, when 207 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 18,317 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1971.

Gianluca over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,523
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Gianluca by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 25
1980s 41
1990s 252
2000s 1,012
2010s 1,523
2020s (to 2025) 1,062

How popular is Gianluca?

In 2025, Gianluca was given to 181 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Gianluca is used

Scotland #680 4 in 2016
Canada #847 31 in 2024
Ireland #886 3 in 2011
United States #1,156 181 in 2025
England & Wales #3,589 6 in 2025
France #6,306 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Gianluca is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Gian-Luca Gian-Luca is Gianluca written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in England and Wales. 13

Names that peaked alongside Gianluca

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Gianluca also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Gianluca over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Gianluca

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Gianluca — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Gianluca

How popular is the name Gianluca?

In 2025, Gianluca was given to 181 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Gianluca a girl's or a boy's name?

Gianluca is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Gianluca most popular?

Gianluca peaked in 2017, when 207 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Gianluca a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Gianluca currently ranks #847 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.