Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Luciana

Meaning From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Luciana Gender Girl Rank 2025 #273 Trend ↑ Rising 34%

From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Luciana.

Rank 2025
#273
among girls · ↑18 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,139
named Luciana · +4% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,411
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,139 babies
All-time total
16,629
#1,194 all-time among girls
First recorded
1897
in Social Security records

Luciana popularity over time

16,629 babies have been named Luciana since 1897, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s 5 1 – #1,694
1900s 5 1 0% #2,111
1910s 41 4 +720% #2,626
1920s 87 9 +112% #2,269
1930s 64 6 -26% #2,510
1940s 23 2 -64% #2,748
1950s 54 5 +135% #4,253
1960s 122 12 +126% #3,538
1970s 1,082 108 +787% #545
1980s 402 40 -63% #1,748
1990s 376 38 -6% #2,067
2000s 2,168 217 +477% #682
2010s 6,594 659 +204% #351
2020s (to 2025) 5,606 934 +42% #273

Where Luciana is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,193 0.74 #259
2027 1,241 0.77 #249
2028 1,284 0.80 #242
2029 1,321 0.82 #235
2030 1,353 0.84 #226

Where Luciana is most popular

Girls named Luciana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.596 per 1,000. Strongest in Arizona, New Jersey, and Nevada.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Luciana born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Arizona 222 1.58 +165%
New Jersey 261 1.45 +143%
Nevada 58 1.25 +110%
Connecticut 71 1.22 +105%
Florida 495 1.16 +94%
Rhode Island 14 1.12 +88%
New Mexico 26 1.07 +79%
Illinois 240 1.05 +76%
Colorado 114 1.02 +71%
California 752 0.895 +50%
Massachusetts 100 0.827 +39%
Texas 663 0.824 +38%
New York 326 0.823 +38%
Kansas 42 0.728 +22%
Maryland 68 0.642 +8%
Virginia 105 0.616 ≈ national
Oregon 38 0.584 ≈ national
Washington 84 0.582 ≈ national
Pennsylvania 131 0.554 -7%
Utah 46 0.553 -7%
Michigan 98 0.538 -10%
Wisconsin 51 0.495 -17%
Minnesota 53 0.491 -18%
Oklahoma 36 0.489 -18%
Indiana 67 0.477 -20%
Georgia 107 0.471 -21%
Nebraska 16 0.445 -25%
Delaware 5 0.441 -26%
District of Columbia 5 0.422 -29%
Ohio 94 0.396 -34%
North Carolina 86 0.378 -37%
South Carolina 32 0.356 -40%
Tennessee 52 0.328 -45%
Iowa 18 0.308 -48%
Missouri 36 0.299 -50%
New Hampshire 5 0.271 -55%
Louisiana 18 0.206 -65%
Idaho 5 0.149 -75%
Arkansas 5 0.095 -84%
Kentucky 6 0.070 -88%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Hawaii – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Luciana

Luciana is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #273 in 2025 with 1,139 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1897, 16,629 American babies have been named Luciana. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,139 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Luciana stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Luciana?

The median living Luciana is about 9 years old; half are between 4 and 16. An estimated 16 thousand people named Luciana are alive in the United States today.

median 9 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Luciana year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,139 #273
2024 1,090 #291
2023 941 #327
2022 877 #361
2021 788 #405
2020 771 #406
2019 780 #396
2018 904 #351
2017 782 #404
2016 742 #435
2015 684 #468
2014 674 #471
2013 573 #519
2012 531 #555
2011 513 #569
2010 411 #696
2009 427 #682
2008 399 #745
2007 349 #824
2006 284 #928
2005 192 #1,197
2004 185 #1,211
2003 96 #1,907
2002 87 #2,011
2001 66 #2,396
2000 83 #2,006
1995 40 #2,957
1990 36 #3,121
1985 30 #3,051
1980 53 #1,998
1975 289 #574
1970 16 #3,801
1965 12 #3,854
1960 13 #3,607
1955 9 #4,253
1950 6 #5,055
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 10 #2,979
1925 10 #3,262
1920 8 #3,812
1915 6 #4,056
1910 5 #2,626
1905 5 #2,111
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Luciana

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Luciana Paluzzi Luciana Paluzzi Italian actress (born 1937) Contemporary
  2. 2 Luciana Aymar Luciana Aymar Argentine field hockey player b. 1977 · Contemporary
  3. 3 Luciana Lamorgese Luciana Lamorgese Italian civil servant (born 1953) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Luciana, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Luciana?

The median living Luciana is about 9 years old. Half of all living Lucianas are between 4 and 16 years old.

How many people named Luciana are alive today?

An estimated 16 thousand people named Luciana are alive in the United States, based on 16,629 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Luciana mean?

From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Luciana.

How popular is the name Luciana in 2025?

Luciana ranked #273 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,139 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Luciana?

16,629 babies have been named Luciana in the United States since 1897, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Luciana most popular?

Luciana peaked in 2025, when 1,139 newborns received the name.

Is Luciana a boy or girl name?

Luciana is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Luciana rising or falling?

Luciana is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Luciana become more popular?

Luciana is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,353 girls named Luciana in 2030, which would rank around #226. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Luciana?

Well-known people named Luciana include Luciana Paluzzi (actor), Luciana Aymar (athlete), Luciana Lamorgese (politician).

Names like Luciana

Names that sound and feel close to Luciana: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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