According to Italy’s Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, the most popular baby names in the country in 2018 were Sofia and Leonardo.
Here are Italy’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2018:
Girl Names
- Sofia, 6,400 baby girls
- Giulia, 5,917
- Aurora, 5,862
- Alice, 3,741
- The Italian pronunciation is a-LEE-cheh (as opposed to AL-iss in English).
- Ginevra, 3,688
- Emma, 3,481
- Giorgia, 3,251
- Greta, 3,043
- Beatrice, 3,030
- Anna, 2,762
Boy Names
- Leonardo, 7,690 baby boys
- Francesco, 6,519
- Alessandro, 5,660
- Lorenzo, 5,566
- Mattia, 5,474
- Andrea, 5,016
- Gabriele, 4,721
- Riccardo, 4,456
- Tommaso, 4,181
- Edoardo, 3,776
In the girls’ top 10, Anna replaced Martina.
In the boys’ top 10, Edoardo replaced Matteo.
In 2017, the top names were Sofia and Francesco.
Source: How Many Babies Are Named…? (Istat)
Image: Adapted from Flag of Italy (public domain)
