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Luciana

Gender
Girl
Say it
loo-chee-AH-na
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,642 for girls
US rank, 2025
#273 for girls

Luciana is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 273rd for girls in the US (1,139 babies).

What does Luciana mean?

Latin: feminine of Lucianus

“light”

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese feminine of Lucian, ultimately from Latin lux, light.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Luciana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 1,139 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Luciana in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,642nd among girls
Babies in 2025
19 about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Luciana, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 40 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Luciana than any year since 2007.

Half of all the girls named Luciana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 40 in 20152025
Luciana in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202519#1,642
202422#1,494
202330#1,178
202225#1,363
202130#1,201
202028#1,246
201926#1,332
201840#978
201730#1,213
201626#1,361
201540#979
201439#1,002
201321#1,559
201232#1,150
201125#1,335
201026#1,299
200926#1,245
200823#1,346
200719#1,477
200619#1,418
200518#1,382
200413#1,722
200314#1,564
20027#2,436
200116#1,325
200011#1,689
199910#1,770
199810#1,815
19978#2,073
19963#3,935

How popular is Luciana in the US?

Rank in 2025
273rd among girls
Babies in 2025
1,139 about 1 in 1,400 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,139 girls in the US were named Luciana, making it the 273rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 406th. It first appears in the records in 1897.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Luciana of any year since it first appeared, in 1897.

Half of all the girls named Luciana in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1897Busiest: 1,139 in 20252025
Luciana in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,139#273
20241,090#291
2023941#327
2022877#361
2021788#405
2020771#406
2019780#396
2018904#351
2017782#403
2016742#435
2015684#468
2014674#471
2013573#518
2012531#555
2011513#565
2010411#695
2009427#681
2008399#742
2007349#822
2006284#928
2005192#1,191
2004185#1,208
200396#1,895
200287#2,002
200166#2,375
200083#1,994
199975#2,048
199844#2,926
199734#3,362
199627#3,937
199540#2,927
199427#3,887
199331#3,501
199224#4,229
199138#2,983
199036#3,073
198930#3,396
198837#2,798
198724#3,621
198639#2,511
198530#3,007
198435#2,624
198334#2,594
198255#1,922
198165#1,734
198053#1,981
197960#1,795
197866#1,614
1977133#1,009
1976317#545
1975289#572
1974137#920
197323#2,914
197227#2,598
197114#4,121
197016#3,711
196914#3,773
196815#3,455
19677#5,456
196610#4,197
196512#3,732
196414#3,514
196312#3,800
196212#3,781
196113#3,607
196013#3,511
19598#4,624
19585#6,102
19570–
19567#4,836
19559#4,068
19546#5,146
19537#4,594
19526#4,906
19510–
19506#4,736
19490–
19485#5,241
19470–
19466#4,416
19450–
19440–
19430–
194212#2,665
19410–
19400–
19397#3,427
19387#3,448
19376#3,798
19367#3,374
19350–
19345#4,284
19330–
193210#2,829
193112#2,425
193010#2,844
19290–
192810#2,952
192710#3,051
19266#4,304
192510#3,115
192417#2,211
192311#2,916
19225#5,007
192110#3,163
19208#3,596
19196#4,249
19186#4,289
19170–
19166#3,917
19156#3,793
19146#3,187
19136#2,825
19120–
19110–
19105#2,398
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19055#1,930
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18975#1,554

Nicknames for Luciana

Names like Luciana

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Luna, Liliana, Eliana, Ariana, Aria, Aurora, Arabella, Ariella, Olivia, Valentina, Isabella, Emilia

Other spellings of Luciana

Lucciana

Names related to Luciana

Lucianna, Lucienne, Lucina, Lucianne, Lucine

More Latin names

Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin, Felix

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Luciana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luciana, updated 20 October 2026.