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Gianluca

Pronunciation
[Gi-an-lu-ca]
Gender
Male
Meaning
John Luke.
Origin
Italian

Gianluca Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 3,734 baby boys have been named Gianluca. The name peaked in 2017 with 207 US births that year (rank #988). In 2024, ranked #1249 nationally — 261 places below its 2017 peak.

Top States for Gianluca

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Gianluca births are: New York (637), Florida (491), California (472).

Other Italian-Origin Names Like Gianluca

If you like Gianluca's Italian origin, consider these related names: Aberto, Abramo, Abriana, Adalgisa, Agnella. Browse all Italian names →

8-Letter Names Starting with G

Names with Gianluca's exact length and starting letter: Gaarwine, Gabriela, Gabriele, Gabriell, Gabrielo.

Quick Facts About Gianluca

165
Italian baby names in our dictionary
48
Italian male names
125
8-letter G-names in our dictionary
470
G-male names total
2017–2017
years of US SSA records (1 total)
207
total US births named Gianluca (all years)

US Popularity History (2017–2017)

Annual US births named Gianluca by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2017 with 207 boys named Gianluca (boy rank #988 that year).

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Gianluca Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Gianluca the strongest states are Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida.

Strongest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Connecticut #406 55
2 New Jersey #448 152
3 Florida #531 291
4 New York #595 233
5 Massachusetts #687 18
6 Illinois #851 83
7 California #967 93

Weakest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 California #967 93
2 Illinois #851 83
3 Massachusetts #687 18
4 New York #595 233
5 Florida #531 291
6 New Jersey #448 152
7 Connecticut #406 55

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Gianluca in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Gianni "Variant Of Giovanni, Italian Version Of English John." Male Italian

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