Gianluca

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⭐ Famous Gianluca

Gianluca Zambrotta

Italian association football player

Choose Gianluca and your child shares a first name with Gianluca Zambrotta, an Italian association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Gianluca, like who?” Gianluca Zambrotta's Wikipedia article is available in 56 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 9,434 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Gianluca, 181 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Gianluca would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryGianluca first shows up in US birth records in 1971, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 54 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2017, when it reached #987.
• 📈Then vs nowGianluca is 5.3× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 50,251 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 9,434.
• 🚀TrendGianluca has climbed 84 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,156. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedGianluca is most popular in Connecticut, where it ranks #382, followed by New Jersey (#396) and Florida (#499). It's in the top 1,000 in 7 states.

About the name Gianluca

Gianluca is a boy name of Italian origin. It has 8 letters and 3 syllables, starting with G and ending in “-uca”. US birth records list Gianluca for boys from 1971 to 2025, in 44 of those 55 years. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked #987 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,156, with 181 babies.

Origin:Italian names