Top Names of 2012
The most popular names recorded in 2012 were Sofia for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Sofia | 8,266 |
| 2 | Giulia | 8,194 |
| 3 | Giorgia | 5,326 |
| 4 | Martina | 5,157 |
| 5 | Emma | 4,971 |
| 6 | Aurora | 4,867 |
| 7 | Sara | 4,456 |
| 8 | Chiara | 4,431 |
| 9 | Gaia | 4,198 |
| 10 | Alice | 3,840 |
| 11 | Anna | 3,286 |
| 12 | Alessia | 3,263 |
| 13 | Viola | 3,071 |
| 14 | Noemi | 2,938 |
| 15 | Greta | 2,902 |
| 16 | Francesca | 2,829 |
| 17 | Ginevra | 2,742 |
| 18 | Matilde | 2,657 |
| 19 | Elisa | 2,520 |
| 20 | Vittoria | 2,393 |
| 21 | Giada | 2,375 |
| 22 | Beatrice | 2,339 |
| 23 | Elena | 2,336 |
| 24 | Rebecca | 2,134 |
| 25 | Nicole | 2,098 |
| 26 | Arianna | 2,064 |
| 27 | Melissa | 1,962 |
| 28 | Ludovica | 1,808 |
| 29 | Marta | 1,767 |
| 30 | Angelica | 1,741 |
| 31 | Camilla | 1,717 |
| 32 | Asia | 1,685 |
| 33 | Maria | 1,637 |
| 34 | Serena | 1,502 |
| 35 | Ilaria | 1,415 |
| 36 | Benedetta | 1,387 |
| 37 | Eleonora | 1,383 |
| 38 | Miriam | 1,379 |
| 39 | Bianca | 1,347 |
| 40 | Federica | 1,311 |
| 41 | Valentina | 1,300 |
| 42 | Irene | 1,262 |
| 43 | Alessandra | 1,209 |
| 44 | Margherita | 1,147 |
| 45 | Caterina | 1,144 |
| 46 | Carlotta | 1,129 |
| 47 | Laura | 1,105 |
| 48 | Adele | 1,075 |
| 49 | Anita | 1,064 |
| 50 | Mia | 1,046 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Francesco | 7,978 |
| 2 | Alessandro | 7,925 |
| 3 | Andrea | 7,674 |
| 4 | Lorenzo | 7,281 |
| 5 | Matteo | 6,750 |
| 6 | Mattia | 6,634 |
| 7 | Gabriele | 6,236 |
| 8 | Leonardo | 5,455 |
| 9 | Riccardo | 5,075 |
| 10 | Davide | 4,623 |
| 11 | Tommaso | 3,941 |
| 12 | Giuseppe | 3,762 |
| 13 | Marco | 3,739 |
| 14 | Luca | 3,735 |
| 15 | Federico | 3,690 |
| 16 | Antonio | 3,453 |
| 17 | Simone | 3,351 |
| 18 | Samuele | 3,260 |
| 19 | Pietro | 3,245 |
| 20 | Giovanni | 3,202 |
| 21 | Filippo | 3,051 |
| 22 | Alessio | 2,981 |
| 23 | Edoardo | 2,969 |
| 24 | Diego | 2,850 |
| 25 | Christian | 2,837 |
| 26 | Nicolo' | 2,671 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 2,411 |
| 28 | Emanuele | 2,380 |
| 29 | Cristian | 2,318 |
| 30 | Michele | 2,294 |
| 31 | Daniele | 2,240 |
| 32 | Giacomo | 1,977 |
| 33 | Jacopo | 1,972 |
| 34 | Manuel | 1,793 |
| 35 | Vincenzo | 1,777 |
| 36 | Salvatore | 1,763 |
| 37 | Nicola | 1,527 |
| 38 | Stefano | 1,498 |
| 39 | Thomas | 1,429 |
| 40 | Giulio | 1,415 |
| 41 | Luigi | 1,316 |
| 42 | Daniel | 1,311 |
| 43 | Samuel | 1,238 |
| 44 | Giorgio | 1,206 |
| 45 | Gioele | 1,183 |
| 46 | Paolo | 1,179 |
| 47 | Angelo | 1,129 |
| 48 | Domenico | 1,121 |
| 49 | Alberto | 1,096 |
| 50 | Mario | 1,095 |