# Gianluca (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gianluca/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | “john-luke” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,915 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,915 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 662, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian Gianluca (literally “John-Luke”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 133 | 1,288 |
| 2012 | 141 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 150 | 1,195 |
| 2014 | 158 | 1,181 |
| 2015 | 100 | 1,604 |
| 2016 | 166 | 1,158 |
| 2017 | 207 | 988 |
| 2018 | 186 | 1,071 |
| 2019 | 171 | 1,138 |
| 2020 | 150 | 1,242 |
| 2021 | 180 | 1,131 |
| 2022 | 206 | 1,067 |
| 2023 | 187 | 1,132 |
| 2024 | 158 | 1,253 |
| 2025 | 181 | 1,156 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- French: Jean-Luc
- Italian: Gianluca

## People named Gianluca

- Gianluca Gaudino, German footballer
- Gianluca Rocchi, association football referee (born 1973)
- Gianluca Busio, American footballer (born 2002)
- Gianluca Prestianni, Argentinian footballer
- Gianluca Petecof, Brazilian racing driver
- Gianluca Nijholt, Dutch footballer
- Gianluca Maria, Dutch footballer
- Luca Urlando, American swimmer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.