Top Names of 2016
The most popular names recorded in 2016 were Sofia for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Sofia | 7,616 |
| 2 | Aurora | 6,466 |
| 3 | Giulia | 6,093 |
| 4 | Emma | 3,814 |
| 5 | Giorgia | 3,651 |
| 6 | Martina | 3,533 |
| 7 | Alice | 3,506 |
| 8 | Greta | 3,461 |
| 9 | Ginevra | 3,256 |
| 10 | Chiara | 3,188 |
| 11 | Anna | 3,122 |
| 12 | Sara | 2,976 |
| 13 | Beatrice | 2,820 |
| 14 | Nicole | 2,815 |
| 15 | Gaia | 2,605 |
| 16 | Matilde | 2,425 |
| 17 | Vittoria | 2,413 |
| 18 | Noemi | 2,293 |
| 19 | Francesca | 2,262 |
| 20 | Alessia | 2,230 |
| 21 | Ludovica | 2,016 |
| 22 | Arianna | 2,011 |
| 23 | Viola | 1,924 |
| 24 | Camilla | 1,914 |
| 25 | Elisa | 1,863 |
| 26 | Bianca | 1,780 |
| 27 | Giada | 1,776 |
| 28 | Rebecca | 1,746 |
| 29 | Elena | 1,735 |
| 30 | Mia | 1,678 |
| 31 | Adele | 1,582 |
| 32 | Marta | 1,553 |
| 33 | Gioia | 1,543 |
| 34 | Maria | 1,509 |
| 35 | Asia | 1,291 |
| 36 | Eleonora | 1,210 |
| 37 | Carlotta | 1,205 |
| 38 | Miriam | 1,149 |
| 39 | Irene | 1,115 |
| 40 | Melissa | 1,109 |
| 41 | Margherita | 1,069 |
| 42 | Emily | 1,058 |
| 43 | Caterina | 1,017 |
| 44 | Anita | 994 |
| 45 | Serena | 990 |
| 46 | Benedetta | 976 |
| 47 | Rachele | 955 |
| 48 | Angelica | 930 |
| 49 | Cecilia | 927 |
| 50 | Isabel | 910 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Francesco | 7,850 |
| 2 | Alessandro | 6,664 |
| 3 | Leonardo | 6,505 |
| 4 | Lorenzo | 6,331 |
| 5 | Mattia | 5,917 |
| 6 | Andrea | 5,577 |
| 7 | Gabriele | 5,254 |
| 8 | Matteo | 4,526 |
| 9 | Tommaso | 4,179 |
| 10 | Riccardo | 4,087 |
| 11 | Edoardo | 3,555 |
| 12 | Giuseppe | 3,323 |
| 13 | Davide | 3,242 |
| 14 | Antonio | 3,156 |
| 15 | Federico | 3,021 |
| 16 | Diego | 3,008 |
| 17 | Giovanni | 2,791 |
| 18 | Christian | 2,783 |
| 19 | Nicolo' | 2,732 |
| 20 | Samuele | 2,697 |
| 21 | Pietro | 2,592 |
| 22 | Marco | 2,515 |
| 23 | Luca | 2,503 |
| 24 | Filippo | 2,303 |
| 25 | Simone | 2,209 |
| 26 | Alessio | 2,123 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 2,015 |
| 28 | Michele | 1,987 |
| 29 | Emanuele | 1,876 |
| 30 | Jacopo | 1,702 |
| 31 | Salvatore | 1,658 |
| 32 | Giulio | 1,637 |
| 33 | Cristian | 1,594 |
| 34 | Daniele | 1,593 |
| 35 | Vincenzo | 1,582 |
| 36 | Giacomo | 1,554 |
| 37 | Gioele | 1,552 |
| 38 | Manuel | 1,536 |
| 39 | Elia | 1,397 |
| 40 | Thomas | 1,346 |
| 41 | Samuel | 1,265 |
| 42 | Giorgio | 1,250 |
| 43 | Daniel | 1,209 |
| 44 | Enea | 1,204 |
| 45 | Stefano | 1,175 |
| 46 | Luigi | 1,164 |
| 47 | Nicola | 1,110 |
| 48 | Domenico | 971 |
| 49 | Angelo | 957 |
| 50 | Kevin | 942 |