Top Names of 2008
The most popular names recorded in 2008 were Giulia for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Giulia | 9,624 |
| 2 | Sofia | 8,973 |
| 3 | Martina | 7,327 |
| 4 | Sara | 7,119 |
| 5 | Chiara | 6,458 |
| 6 | Giorgia | 5,770 |
| 7 | Aurora | 5,088 |
| 8 | Alessia | 4,996 |
| 9 | Francesca | 4,379 |
| 10 | Alice | 4,324 |
| 11 | Anna | 3,850 |
| 12 | Elisa | 3,617 |
| 13 | Giada | 3,484 |
| 14 | Emma | 3,166 |
| 15 | Matilde | 3,052 |
| 16 | Gaia | 3,042 |
| 17 | Elena | 2,944 |
| 18 | Beatrice | 2,784 |
| 19 | Noemi | 2,581 |
| 20 | Rebecca | 2,366 |
| 21 | Federica | 2,339 |
| 22 | Arianna | 2,326 |
| 23 | Asia | 2,251 |
| 24 | Greta | 2,229 |
| 25 | Ilaria | 2,186 |
| 26 | Vittoria | 2,082 |
| 27 | Ludovica | 2,080 |
| 28 | Valentina | 2,030 |
| 29 | Marta | 2,023 |
| 30 | Nicole | 2,002 |
| 31 | Viola | 1,915 |
| 32 | Alessandra | 1,868 |
| 33 | Ginevra | 1,836 |
| 34 | Eleonora | 1,824 |
| 35 | Maria | 1,824 |
| 36 | Melissa | 1,745 |
| 37 | Serena | 1,699 |
| 38 | Camilla | 1,667 |
| 39 | Angelica | 1,622 |
| 40 | Irene | 1,577 |
| 41 | Laura | 1,548 |
| 42 | Benedetta | 1,528 |
| 43 | Carlotta | 1,335 |
| 44 | Caterina | 1,329 |
| 45 | Silvia | 1,301 |
| 46 | Miriam | 1,297 |
| 47 | Margherita | 1,187 |
| 48 | Veronica | 1,167 |
| 49 | Lucia | 1,148 |
| 50 | Claudia | 1,147 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Francesco | 10,156 |
| 2 | Alessandro | 9,247 |
| 3 | Andrea | 8,597 |
| 4 | Matteo | 8,461 |
| 5 | Lorenzo | 7,704 |
| 6 | Gabriele | 7,090 |
| 7 | Mattia | 6,522 |
| 8 | Riccardo | 5,927 |
| 9 | Davide | 5,584 |
| 10 | Luca | 5,334 |
| 11 | Marco | 4,785 |
| 12 | Simone | 4,514 |
| 13 | Leonardo | 4,478 |
| 14 | Giuseppe | 4,437 |
| 15 | Federico | 4,382 |
| 16 | Tommaso | 4,337 |
| 17 | Antonio | 4,106 |
| 18 | Giovanni | 3,799 |
| 19 | Christian | 3,749 |
| 20 | Alessio | 3,586 |
| 21 | Filippo | 3,498 |
| 22 | Cristian | 3,242 |
| 23 | Samuele | 3,228 |
| 24 | Daniele | 3,085 |
| 25 | Pietro | 3,047 |
| 26 | Emanuele | 2,987 |
| 27 | Michele | 2,846 |
| 28 | Edoardo | 2,799 |
| 29 | Nicolo | 2,797 |
| 30 | Giacomo | 2,328 |
| 31 | Manuel | 2,245 |
| 32 | Diego | 2,192 |
| 33 | Vincenzo | 2,043 |
| 34 | Salvatore | 2,035 |
| 35 | Nicola | 2,020 |
| 36 | Stefano | 1,993 |
| 37 | Jacopo | 1,937 |
| 38 | Thomas | 1,677 |
| 39 | Luigi | 1,608 |
| 40 | Fabio | 1,431 |
| 41 | Paolo | 1,428 |
| 42 | Daniel | 1,348 |
| 43 | Angelo | 1,329 |
| 44 | Giulio | 1,298 |
| 45 | Domenico | 1,292 |
| 46 | Alberto | 1,286 |
| 47 | Gabriel | 1,253 |
| 48 | Giorgio | 1,214 |
| 49 | Raffaele | 1,159 |
| 50 | Mario | 1,150 |