Loved in Italy, waiting to be discovered in America
The next name on your shortlist might already be one Italian parents love. ISTAT, Italy’s national statistics institute, released its 2025 baby-name rankings on October 21, 2026, offering fresh inspiration for your search.
Lorenzo ranks No. 6 in Italy and No. 117 in the U.S. Bianca is No. 13 in Italy, but No. 500 in America.
The tables below compare Italy’s top 50 boys’ and girls’ names with their U.S. rankings for 2025. Hear how they sound in Italian. Click on a name to discover its meaning, history and more.
Boys
Girls| Italy rank | U.S. rank | Name | Italian pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 91 | Leonardo | |
| 2 | 7,818 | Edoardo | |
| 3 | 5,024 | Tommaso | |
| 4 | 497 | Alessandro | |
| 5 | 1,329 | Francesco | |
| 6 | 117 | Lorenzo | |
| 7 | 4,335 | Mattia | |
| 8 | 4,592 | Gabriele | |
| 9 | 5,794 | Riccardo | |
| 10 | 5,622 | Andrea | |
| 11 | 158 | Diego | |
| 12 | 8,449 | Enea | |
| 13 | 2,745 | Nicolò | |
| 14 | 146 | Matteo | |
| 15 | 1,459 | Giuseppe | |
| 16 | 176 | Antonio | |
| 17 | 2,043 | Federico | |
| 18 | 3,074 | Pietro | |
| 19 | 13,991 (2022) | Samuele | |
| 20 | 6,924 | Filippo | |
| 21 | 6,582 | Giulio | |
| 22 | 123 | Giovanni | |
| 23 | 2 | Noah | |
| 24 | 3,008 | Elia | |
| 25 | 13,003 (2022) | Gioele | |
| 26 | 8,692 (2023) | Michele | |
| 27 | 6,897 | Davide | |
| 28 | 37 | Gabriel | |
| 29 | 1 | Liam | |
| 30 | 945 | Salvatore | |
| 31 | 96 | Christian | |
| 32 | 370 | Marco | |
| 33 | 674 | Vincenzo | |
| 34 | 14 | Luca | |
| 35 | 34 | Thomas | |
| 36 | 12,882 (2024) | Ettore | |
| 37 | 10,198 (2024) | Emanuele | |
| 38 | 1,963 | Giorgio | |
| 39 | 4,156 | Damiano | |
| 40 | 2,654 | Giacomo | |
| 41 | 12,377 | Cesare | |
| 42 | 26 | Santiago | |
| 43 | 13,039 (2010) | Jacopo | |
| 44 | 5,002 | Raffaele | |
| 45 | 18 | Samuel | |
| 46 | 2,554 | Luigi | |
| 47 | 63 | Nathan | |
| 48 | 867 | Alessio | |
| 49 | 10,283 | Ludovico | |
| 50 | 50 | Thiago |
Boys
Girls
| Italy rank | U.S. rank | Name | Italian pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Sofia | |
| 2 | 15 | Aurora | |
| 3 | 6,634 | Ginevra | |
| 4 | 2,817 | Vittoria | |
| 5 | 508 | Beatrice | |
| 6 | 1,141 | Giulia | |
| 7 | 4,948 | Matilde | |
| 8 | 16,723 (2024) | Ludovica | |
| 9 | 65 | Alice | |
| 10 | 361 | Camilla | |
| 11 | 3 | Emma | |
| 12 | 107 | Anna | |
| 13 | 500 | Bianca | |
| 14 | 1,066 | Chiara | |
| 15 | 7,954 | Azzurra | |
| 16 | 177 | Isabel | |
| 17 | 908 | Greta | |
| 18 | 383 | Nicole | |
| 19 | 12,238 (2020) | Ambra | |
| 20 | 3,143 | Giorgia | |
| 21 | 1,392 | Gaia | |
| 22 | 234 | Arianna | |
| 23 | 244 | Diana | |
| 24 | 751 | Adele | |
| 25 | 108 | Cecilia | |
| 26 | 1,015 | Viola | |
| 27 | 42 | Elena | |
| 28 | 14,678 (2022) | Margherita | |
| 29 | 198 | Sara | |
| 30 | 350 | Rebecca | |
| 31 | 583 | Noemi | |
| 32 | 1,371 | Martina | |
| 33 | 4 | Amelia | |
| 34 | 2,290 | Lavinia | |
| 35 | 1,342 | Anita | |
| 36 | 307 | Francesca | |
| 37 | 6 | Mia | |
| 38 | 34 | Emily | |
| 39 | 4,086 | Carlotta | |
| 40 | 324 | Nina | |
| 41 | 2,005 | Eleonora | |
| 42 | 6,401 | Gioia | |
| 43 | 27 | Luna | |
| 44 | 61 | Iris | |
| 45 | 6,519 | Sole | |
| 46 | 23 | Chloe | |
| 47 | 1 | Olivia | |
| 48 | 458 | Elisa | |
| 49 | 134 | Eva | |
| 50 | 2,056 | Marta |
Sources: ISTAT and SSA. Ranks refer to 2025 and the same sex; a year in parentheses marks the latest published U.S. record. SSA omits counts below five births. Nicolò is recorded as Nicolo in U.S. data.