ISTAT, the official Italian Statistics Institute has released the 2015 top Italian names for baby boys and girls. Very little has changed from the previous year.
For boys, Francesco seems to be the preferred name for most of Southern Italy while in the North Alessandro is more popular.
For girls, names are evenly distributed, Sofia is at the top in 10 regions (out of 20) while Giulia is still very popular in 5 regions.
Top 30 Italian names for newborns
Boys
- FRANCESCO
- ALESSANDRO
- ANDREA
- LORENZO
- LEONARDO
- MATTIA
- MATTEO
- GABRIELE
- RICCARDO
- DAVIDE
- TOMMASO
- GIUSEPPE
- MARCO
- LUCA
- FEDERICO
- ANTONIO
- SIMONE
- SAMUELE
- PIETRO
- GIOVANNI
- FILIPPO
- ALESSIO
- EDOARDO
- DIEGO
- CHRISTIAN
- NICOLÒ
- GABRIEL
- EMANUELE
- CRISTIAN
- MICHELE
Girls
- SOFIA
- GIULIA
- AURORA
- GIORGIA
- MARTINA
- EMMA
- CHIARA
- SARA
- ALICE
- GAIA
- ANNA
- ALESSIA
- VIOLA
- NOEMI
- GRETA
- FRANCESCA
- GINEVRA
- MATILDE
- ELISA
- VITTORIA
- GIADA
- BEATRICE
- ELENA
- REBECCA
- NICOLE
- ARIANNA
- MELISSA
- LUDOVICA
- MARTA
- ANGELICA