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Luciano

Gender
Boy
Say it
loo-CHAH-noh
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#754 for boys
US rank, 2025
#305 for boys

Luciano is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 754th for boys in the UK (51 babies) and 305th for boys in the US (1,118 babies).

What does Luciano mean?

Latin: Italian form of Lucian

“light”

Italian form of Lucian; borne by the operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

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

Luciano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the UK and 1,118 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Luciano in the UK?

Rank in 2025
754th among boys
Babies in 2025
51 about 1 in 5,900 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 47% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 51 boys in the UK were named Luciano, making it the 754th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Luciano of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Luciano in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 728th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 51 in 20252025
Luciano in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202551#754
202439#881
202338#913
202233#998
202126#1,166
202030#1,033
201926#1,124
201831#1,017
201727#1,141
201623#1,268
201518#1,476
201431#1,005
201317#1,493
201217#1,542
201118#1,433
201019#1,385
20099#2,241
200812#1,810
200715#1,540
200612#1,640
200514#1,445
200412#1,494
20039#1,723
20028#1,728
200115#1,103
200010#1,405
19999#1,451
199810#1,346
199719#864
199617#897

How popular is Luciano in the US?

Rank in 2025
305th among boys
Babies in 2025
1,118 about 1 in 1,500 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 53% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,118 boys in the US were named Luciano, making it the 305th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 413th. It first appears in the records in 1892.

2025 had the most boys named Luciano of any year since it first appeared, in 1892.

Half of all the boys named Luciano in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,177 boys in the US were given Luciano or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #299, up from #305 for this spelling alone.

1892Busiest: 1,118 in 20252025
Luciano in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,118#305
2024976#348
2023861#375
2022879#370
2021721#431
2020719#413
2019636#467
2018580#496
2017568#511
2016583#512
2015530#540
2014492#563
2013426#596
2012415#607
2011364#642
2010363#662
2009379#654
2008359#674
2007308#737
2006316#700
2005250#782
2004243#756
2003193#880
2002173#923
2001205#812
2000179#878
1999188#807
1998145#955
1997118#1,073
1996146#900
1995117#1,025
1994103#1,109
199399#1,128
199295#1,126
199189#1,164
199090#1,131
198984#1,150
198878#1,128
198784#1,039
198684#1,007
198575#1,065
198469#1,075
198382#972
198267#1,115
198180#1,014
198075#1,042
197965#1,108
197864#1,087
197754#1,198
197659#1,100
197562#1,053
197466#1,007
197349#1,176
197255#1,098
197167#990
197047#1,207
196967#931
196841#1,183
196738#1,214
196645#1,100
196555#996
196452#1,044
196360#970
196248#1,107
196150#1,107
196047#1,138
195943#1,181
195846#1,130
195740#1,233
195632#1,361
195544#1,113
195439#1,199
195342#1,138
195238#1,194
195138#1,170
195041#1,104
194940#1,109
194821#1,610
194739#1,158
194633#1,216
194530#1,203
194428#1,255
194335#1,155
194235#1,167
194122#1,446
194029#1,251
193931#1,168
193827#1,275
193731#1,180
193634#1,118
193540#1,011
193425#1,357
193335#1,103
193233#1,175
193148#939
193040#1,093
192937#1,138
192837#1,165
192745#1,041
192640#1,124
192539#1,121
192438#1,169
192340#1,128
192237#1,181
192137#1,178
192042#1,089
191930#1,297
191829#1,312
191734#1,152
191626#1,335
191530#1,181
191429#1,054
191326#969
191213#1,352
191110#1,116
19108#1,192
19096#1,277
19080–
19078#998
19068#926
19050–
19040–
19030–
19025#1,136
19010–
19007#1,049
18990–
18986#1,001
18975#1,056
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18925#1,065

Names like Luciano

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

Lorenzo, Leonardo, Romeo, Arlo, Luca, Enzo, Marco, Santiago, Roman, Milo, Nico, Hugo

Other spellings of Luciano

Lucciano, Luchiano

Names related to Luciano

Lucian, Lucien, Lucan

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara

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, “Luciano: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luciano, updated 20 October 2026.