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Popularity of the baby name Benedetta


Posts that mention the name Benedetta

Popular baby names in Italy, 2016

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According to Italy’s Istituto nazionale di statistica (Istat), the most popular baby names in the country in 2016 were Sofia and Francesco.

Here are Italy’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2016:

Girl Names
1. Sofia, 7,616 baby girls
2. Aurora, 6,466
3. Giulia, 6,093
4. Emma, 3,814
5. Giorgia, 3,651
6. Martina, 3,533
7. Alice, 3,506
8. Greta, 3,461
9. Ginevra, 3,256
10. Chiara, 3,188

Boy Names
1. Francesco, 7,850 baby boys
2. Alessandro, 6,664
3. Leonardo, 6,505
4. Lorenzo, 6,331
5. Mattia, 5,917
6. Andrea, 5,577
7. Gabriele, 5,254
8. Matteo, 4,526
9. Tommaso, 4,179
10. Riccardo, 4,087

In the girls’ top 10, Ginevra replaced Anna (now 11th).

There were no replacements in the boys’ top 10.

Some of the names from within the top 50 were…

  • Girl names: Elisa (25th), Gioia (33rd), Asia (35th), Benedetta (46th)
  • Boy names: Edoardo (11th), Salvatore (31st), Enea (44th), Kevin (50th)

The top two names were the same in 2015.

Source: How many babies are named…? (Istat)

Image: Adapted from Flag of Italy (public domain)