Top Names of 2011
The most popular names recorded in 2011 were Sofia for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Sofia | 8,531 |
| 2 | Giulia | 8,328 |
| 3 | Martina | 5,692 |
| 4 | Giorgia | 5,231 |
| 5 | Sara | 4,964 |
| 6 | Emma | 4,759 |
| 7 | Aurora | 4,714 |
| 8 | Chiara | 4,257 |
| 9 | Alice | 4,202 |
| 10 | Alessia | 3,805 |
| 11 | Gaia | 3,477 |
| 12 | Anna | 3,425 |
| 13 | Francesca | 3,349 |
| 14 | Noemi | 2,990 |
| 15 | Viola | 2,866 |
| 16 | Greta | 2,861 |
| 17 | Elisa | 2,809 |
| 18 | Matilde | 2,801 |
| 19 | Giada | 2,610 |
| 20 | Elena | 2,547 |
| 21 | Ginevra | 2,463 |
| 22 | Beatrice | 2,446 |
| 23 | Vittoria | 2,203 |
| 24 | Nicole | 2,153 |
| 25 | Arianna | 2,139 |
| 26 | Rebecca | 2,126 |
| 27 | Marta | 2,045 |
| 28 | Angelica | 1,966 |
| 29 | Asia | 1,911 |
| 30 | Ilaria | 1,797 |
| 31 | Ludovica | 1,797 |
| 32 | Camilla | 1,658 |
| 33 | Maria | 1,648 |
| 34 | Federica | 1,571 |
| 35 | Eleonora | 1,534 |
| 36 | Serena | 1,493 |
| 37 | Benedetta | 1,453 |
| 38 | Melissa | 1,449 |
| 39 | Irene | 1,438 |
| 40 | Alessandra | 1,431 |
| 41 | Miriam | 1,387 |
| 42 | Valentina | 1,348 |
| 43 | Carlotta | 1,240 |
| 44 | Margherita | 1,221 |
| 45 | Caterina | 1,220 |
| 46 | Laura | 1,157 |
| 47 | Bianca | 1,138 |
| 48 | Anita | 998 |
| 49 | Lucia | 975 |
| 50 | Rachele | 859 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Francesco | 8,505 |
| 2 | Alessandro | 8,084 |
| 3 | Andrea | 8,058 |
| 4 | Lorenzo | 7,752 |
| 5 | Matteo | 7,290 |
| 6 | Gabriele | 6,451 |
| 7 | Mattia | 6,382 |
| 8 | Leonardo | 5,702 |
| 9 | Davide | 5,014 |
| 10 | Riccardo | 4,957 |
| 11 | Federico | 3,958 |
| 12 | Luca | 3,957 |
| 13 | Giuseppe | 3,833 |
| 14 | Marco | 3,798 |
| 15 | Tommaso | 3,786 |
| 16 | Antonio | 3,656 |
| 17 | Simone | 3,506 |
| 18 | Samuele | 3,442 |
| 19 | Giovanni | 3,322 |
| 20 | Pietro | 3,269 |
| 21 | Christian | 3,116 |
| 22 | Nicolo' | 2,956 |
| 23 | Alessio | 2,948 |
| 24 | Edoardo | 2,871 |
| 25 | Diego | 2,845 |
| 26 | Filippo | 2,827 |
| 27 | Emanuele | 2,523 |
| 28 | Daniele | 2,404 |
| 29 | Michele | 2,327 |
| 30 | Cristian | 2,223 |
| 31 | Giacomo | 2,105 |
| 32 | Jacopo | 1,925 |
| 33 | Manuel | 1,835 |
| 34 | Salvatore | 1,811 |
| 35 | Vincenzo | 1,802 |
| 36 | Gabriel | 1,767 |
| 37 | Nicola | 1,683 |
| 38 | Stefano | 1,600 |
| 39 | Thomas | 1,441 |
| 40 | Giulio | 1,428 |
| 41 | Luigi | 1,401 |
| 42 | Samuel | 1,347 |
| 43 | Paolo | 1,281 |
| 44 | Angelo | 1,205 |
| 45 | Alberto | 1,196 |
| 46 | Daniel | 1,187 |
| 47 | Domenico | 1,158 |
| 48 | Giorgio | 1,150 |
| 49 | Raffaele | 1,087 |
| 50 | Gioele | 1,065 |