Top Names of 2001

The most popular names recorded in 2001 were Sara for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Sara8,254
2Chiara8,211
3Alessia8,147
4Giulia8,068
5Martina8,036
6Francesca6,957
7Gaia4,712
8Giorgia4,686
9Federica4,352
10Anna3,615
11Elisa3,525
12Sofia3,473
13Alice3,463
14Valentina3,078
15Aurora2,995
16Giada2,989
17Elena2,908
18Arianna2,609
19Beatrice2,498
20Ilaria2,496
21Laura2,399
22Alessandra2,353
23Silvia2,184
24Maria2,146
25Eleonora2,051
26Marta2,017
27Noemi1,976
28Camilla1,865
29Irene1,864
30Rebecca1,748
31Claudia1,692
32Roberta1,689
33Benedetta1,608
34Michela1,581
35Sabrina1,517
36Nicole1,485
37Veronica1,460
38Angela1,375
39Matilde1,373
40Ludovica1,364
41Greta1,359
42Serena1,357
43Valeria1,354
44Asia1,297
45Lucia1,258
46Simona1,250
47Erika1,248
48Caterina1,240
49Marika1,152
50Margherita1,132

Boys

#NameBabies
1Francesco10,283
2Andrea9,731
3Matteo9,651
4Alessandro8,697
5Lorenzo8,240
6Luca7,023
7Marco6,485
8Simone6,222
9Davide5,840
10Giuseppe5,292
11Mattia5,159
12Gabriele5,036
13Riccardo4,834
14Antonio4,751
15Alessio4,531
16Federico4,432
17Giovanni4,036
18Michele3,547
19Daniele3,367
20Leonardo3,006
21Samuele2,836
22Filippo2,800
23Stefano2,662
24Pietro2,606
25Emanuele2,564
26Giacomo2,540
27Nicolo2,534
28Nicola2,506
29Salvatore2,503
30Tommaso2,498
31Vincenzo2,471
32Edoardo2,052
33Manuel2,026
34Christian2,018
35Luigi1,876
36Paolo1,841
37Alberto1,835
38Fabio1,779
39Cristian1,609
40Gianluca1,569
41Domenico1,549
42Angelo1,433
43Jacopo1,403
44Mario1,354
45Roberto1,265
46Enrico1,264
47Niccolo1,242
48Raffaele1,208
49Alex1,188
50Giorgio1,145