Top Names of 2006
The most popular names recorded in 2006 were Giulia for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Giulia | 10,233 |
| 2 | Sara | 7,316 |
| 3 | Sofia | 7,263 |
| 4 | Martina | 7,161 |
| 5 | Chiara | 6,672 |
| 6 | Alessia | 5,846 |
| 7 | Giorgia | 5,673 |
| 8 | Aurora | 5,668 |
| 9 | Francesca | 4,973 |
| 10 | Giada | 4,318 |
| 11 | Alice | 3,954 |
| 12 | Elisa | 3,759 |
| 13 | Anna | 3,608 |
| 14 | Gaia | 3,027 |
| 15 | Elena | 2,859 |
| 16 | Emma | 2,787 |
| 17 | Beatrice | 2,735 |
| 18 | Asia | 2,705 |
| 19 | Federica | 2,617 |
| 20 | Arianna | 2,381 |
| 21 | Alessandra | 2,217 |
| 22 | Eleonora | 2,217 |
| 23 | Valentina | 2,194 |
| 24 | Rebecca | 2,178 |
| 25 | Ilaria | 2,121 |
| 26 | Noemi | 2,102 |
| 27 | Matilde | 2,077 |
| 28 | Angelica | 2,065 |
| 29 | Maria | 1,933 |
| 30 | Marta | 1,859 |
| 31 | Benedetta | 1,839 |
| 32 | Vittoria | 1,812 |
| 33 | Greta | 1,796 |
| 34 | Laura | 1,774 |
| 35 | Ludovica | 1,734 |
| 36 | Irene | 1,627 |
| 37 | Camilla | 1,579 |
| 38 | Nicole | 1,524 |
| 39 | Melissa | 1,512 |
| 40 | Serena | 1,403 |
| 41 | Silvia | 1,395 |
| 42 | Claudia | 1,338 |
| 43 | Ginevra | 1,248 |
| 44 | Caterina | 1,245 |
| 45 | Veronica | 1,188 |
| 46 | Margherita | 1,176 |
| 47 | Miriam | 1,148 |
| 48 | Angela | 1,132 |
| 49 | Viola | 1,132 |
| 50 | Michela | 1,131 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Francesco | 10,004 |
| 2 | Alessandro | 9,399 |
| 3 | Andrea | 8,808 |
| 4 | Matteo | 8,355 |
| 5 | Lorenzo | 7,826 |
| 6 | Mattia | 5,960 |
| 7 | Simone | 5,894 |
| 8 | Luca | 5,864 |
| 9 | Gabriele | 5,740 |
| 10 | Davide | 5,660 |
| 11 | Marco | 5,029 |
| 12 | Riccardo | 4,801 |
| 13 | Tommaso | 4,696 |
| 14 | Giuseppe | 4,553 |
| 15 | Antonio | 4,334 |
| 16 | Leonardo | 4,246 |
| 17 | Federico | 4,060 |
| 18 | Filippo | 3,909 |
| 19 | Giovanni | 3,776 |
| 20 | Alessio | 3,753 |
| 21 | Christian | 3,296 |
| 22 | Daniele | 3,203 |
| 23 | Samuele | 3,096 |
| 24 | Michele | 3,040 |
| 25 | Cristian | 3,028 |
| 26 | Pietro | 2,985 |
| 27 | Emanuele | 2,789 |
| 28 | Edoardo | 2,727 |
| 29 | Nicolo | 2,662 |
| 30 | Manuel | 2,280 |
| 31 | Giacomo | 2,221 |
| 32 | Salvatore | 2,202 |
| 33 | Vincenzo | 2,171 |
| 34 | Stefano | 2,145 |
| 35 | Diego | 2,124 |
| 36 | Nicola | 2,069 |
| 37 | Jacopo | 1,930 |
| 38 | Luigi | 1,685 |
| 39 | Fabio | 1,633 |
| 40 | Paolo | 1,610 |
| 41 | Alberto | 1,408 |
| 42 | Angelo | 1,383 |
| 43 | Thomas | 1,370 |
| 44 | Domenico | 1,293 |
| 45 | Mario | 1,248 |
| 46 | Daniel | 1,192 |
| 47 | Raffaele | 1,152 |
| 48 | Giulio | 1,150 |
| 49 | Giorgio | 1,111 |
| 50 | Niccolo | 1,086 |