Top Names of 2003
The most popular names recorded in 2003 were Giulia for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Giulia | 11,148 |
| 2 | Martina | 8,993 |
| 3 | Chiara | 7,534 |
| 4 | Sara | 7,468 |
| 5 | Alessia | 6,777 |
| 6 | Francesca | 6,025 |
| 7 | Giorgia | 5,578 |
| 8 | Alice | 4,802 |
| 9 | Sofia | 4,701 |
| 10 | Aurora | 3,770 |
| 11 | Federica | 3,525 |
| 12 | Anna | 3,517 |
| 13 | Elisa | 3,503 |
| 14 | Gaia | 3,350 |
| 15 | Elena | 2,970 |
| 16 | Giada | 2,853 |
| 17 | Valentina | 2,563 |
| 18 | Ilaria | 2,469 |
| 19 | Beatrice | 2,408 |
| 20 | Eleonora | 2,314 |
| 21 | Arianna | 2,180 |
| 22 | Noemi | 2,071 |
| 23 | Marta | 2,020 |
| 24 | Laura | 2,011 |
| 25 | Alessandra | 2,002 |
| 26 | Camilla | 1,942 |
| 27 | Maria | 1,921 |
| 28 | Rebecca | 1,901 |
| 29 | Silvia | 1,845 |
| 30 | Matilde | 1,807 |
| 31 | Claudia | 1,720 |
| 32 | Irene | 1,699 |
| 33 | Asia | 1,691 |
| 34 | Erika | 1,554 |
| 35 | Benedetta | 1,549 |
| 36 | Nicole | 1,532 |
| 37 | Michela | 1,439 |
| 38 | Serena | 1,435 |
| 39 | Marika | 1,432 |
| 40 | Valeria | 1,329 |
| 41 | Greta | 1,323 |
| 42 | Ludovica | 1,298 |
| 43 | Veronica | 1,287 |
| 44 | Roberta | 1,265 |
| 45 | Angela | 1,225 |
| 46 | Lucia | 1,207 |
| 47 | Caterina | 1,199 |
| 48 | Margherita | 1,152 |
| 49 | Emma | 1,148 |
| 50 | Vittoria | 1,142 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Francesco | 10,368 |
| 2 | Andrea | 9,475 |
| 3 | Alessandro | 9,124 |
| 4 | Matteo | 8,533 |
| 5 | Lorenzo | 7,923 |
| 6 | Luca | 6,996 |
| 7 | Mattia | 6,044 |
| 8 | Gabriele | 5,984 |
| 9 | Davide | 5,886 |
| 10 | Marco | 5,718 |
| 11 | Simone | 5,290 |
| 12 | Giuseppe | 4,968 |
| 13 | Riccardo | 4,869 |
| 14 | Federico | 4,527 |
| 15 | Antonio | 4,454 |
| 16 | Alessio | 4,222 |
| 17 | Giovanni | 3,870 |
| 18 | Filippo | 3,791 |
| 19 | Leonardo | 3,663 |
| 20 | Daniele | 3,481 |
| 21 | Samuele | 3,386 |
| 22 | Michele | 3,206 |
| 23 | Tommaso | 3,017 |
| 24 | Emanuele | 2,623 |
| 25 | Pietro | 2,593 |
| 26 | Nicolo | 2,520 |
| 27 | Edoardo | 2,437 |
| 28 | Stefano | 2,422 |
| 29 | Giacomo | 2,354 |
| 30 | Vincenzo | 2,338 |
| 31 | Nicola | 2,337 |
| 32 | Salvatore | 2,252 |
| 33 | Christian | 2,236 |
| 34 | Jacopo | 2,091 |
| 35 | Manuel | 1,880 |
| 36 | Luigi | 1,780 |
| 37 | Fabio | 1,674 |
| 38 | Paolo | 1,637 |
| 39 | Alberto | 1,521 |
| 40 | Cristian | 1,496 |
| 41 | Domenico | 1,453 |
| 42 | Gianluca | 1,369 |
| 43 | Angelo | 1,352 |
| 44 | Mario | 1,273 |
| 45 | Giorgio | 1,224 |
| 46 | Raffaele | 1,172 |
| 47 | Enrico | 1,164 |
| 48 | Alex | 1,116 |
| 49 | Diego | 1,106 |
| 50 | Niccolo | 1,092 |