Top Names of 2005
The most popular names recorded in 2005 were Giulia for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Giulia | 10,846 |
| 2 | Martina | 7,604 |
| 3 | Sara | 7,445 |
| 4 | Chiara | 7,044 |
| 5 | Alessia | 6,171 |
| 6 | Sofia | 6,062 |
| 7 | Francesca | 5,456 |
| 8 | Giorgia | 5,224 |
| 9 | Aurora | 4,557 |
| 10 | Alice | 4,171 |
| 11 | Elisa | 3,998 |
| 12 | Anna | 3,529 |
| 13 | Giada | 3,513 |
| 14 | Gaia | 3,085 |
| 15 | Federica | 2,890 |
| 16 | Elena | 2,604 |
| 17 | Alessandra | 2,576 |
| 18 | Emma | 2,550 |
| 19 | Beatrice | 2,412 |
| 20 | Valentina | 2,409 |
| 21 | Ilaria | 2,318 |
| 22 | Asia | 2,256 |
| 23 | Arianna | 2,141 |
| 24 | Marta | 2,105 |
| 25 | Rebecca | 2,066 |
| 26 | Noemi | 2,062 |
| 27 | Maria | 1,962 |
| 28 | Eleonora | 1,909 |
| 29 | Matilde | 1,887 |
| 30 | Benedetta | 1,811 |
| 31 | Camilla | 1,776 |
| 32 | Greta | 1,751 |
| 33 | Irene | 1,744 |
| 34 | Laura | 1,730 |
| 35 | Serena | 1,694 |
| 36 | Nicole | 1,566 |
| 37 | Silvia | 1,502 |
| 38 | Vittoria | 1,449 |
| 39 | Ludovica | 1,411 |
| 40 | Claudia | 1,390 |
| 41 | Angelica | 1,366 |
| 42 | Caterina | 1,311 |
| 43 | Veronica | 1,274 |
| 44 | Denise | 1,240 |
| 45 | Sabrina | 1,205 |
| 46 | Margherita | 1,146 |
| 47 | Michela | 1,143 |
| 48 | Lucia | 1,141 |
| 49 | Carlotta | 1,098 |
| 50 | Roberta | 1,095 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Francesco | 10,183 |
| 2 | Alessandro | 9,386 |
| 3 | Andrea | 8,732 |
| 4 | Matteo | 8,404 |
| 5 | Lorenzo | 8,183 |
| 6 | Mattia | 6,388 |
| 7 | Luca | 6,013 |
| 8 | Davide | 5,819 |
| 9 | Gabriele | 5,703 |
| 10 | Simone | 5,652 |
| 11 | Marco | 5,306 |
| 12 | Tommaso | 5,209 |
| 13 | Riccardo | 4,862 |
| 14 | Giuseppe | 4,741 |
| 15 | Antonio | 4,278 |
| 16 | Federico | 4,018 |
| 17 | Giovanni | 4,010 |
| 18 | Alessio | 3,907 |
| 19 | Leonardo | 3,798 |
| 20 | Daniele | 3,310 |
| 21 | Filippo | 3,299 |
| 22 | Samuele | 3,176 |
| 23 | Michele | 3,081 |
| 24 | Pietro | 2,830 |
| 25 | Emanuele | 2,829 |
| 26 | Edoardo | 2,520 |
| 27 | Nicolo | 2,455 |
| 28 | Diego | 2,305 |
| 29 | Giacomo | 2,218 |
| 30 | Salvatore | 2,196 |
| 31 | Christian | 2,173 |
| 32 | Stefano | 2,173 |
| 33 | Vincenzo | 2,158 |
| 34 | Nicola | 2,142 |
| 35 | Manuel | 2,120 |
| 36 | Jacopo | 1,938 |
| 37 | Luigi | 1,722 |
| 38 | Paolo | 1,665 |
| 39 | Cristian | 1,619 |
| 40 | Fabio | 1,482 |
| 41 | Alberto | 1,445 |
| 42 | Thomas | 1,422 |
| 43 | Angelo | 1,319 |
| 44 | Domenico | 1,319 |
| 45 | Daniel | 1,257 |
| 46 | Mario | 1,199 |
| 47 | Raffaele | 1,171 |
| 48 | Giorgio | 1,132 |
| 49 | Giulio | 1,130 |
| 50 | Gianluca | 1,096 |