Top Names of 2017
The most popular names recorded in 2017 were Sofia for girls and Francesco for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official ISTAT data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Sofia | 7,173 |
| 2 | Giulia | 6,143 |
| 3 | Aurora | 5,808 |
| 4 | Alice | 3,691 |
| 5 | Ginevra | 3,564 |
| 6 | Emma | 3,525 |
| 7 | Giorgia | 3,474 |
| 8 | Greta | 3,270 |
| 9 | Martina | 3,129 |
| 10 | Beatrice | 2,970 |
| 11 | Anna | 2,954 |
| 12 | Chiara | 2,908 |
| 13 | Sara | 2,656 |
| 14 | Nicole | 2,526 |
| 15 | Ludovica | 2,500 |
| 16 | Gaia | 2,452 |
| 17 | Matilde | 2,327 |
| 18 | Vittoria | 2,276 |
| 19 | Noemi | 2,115 |
| 20 | Francesca | 2,031 |
| 21 | Alessia | 1,974 |
| 22 | Camilla | 1,971 |
| 23 | Bianca | 1,947 |
| 24 | Arianna | 1,884 |
| 25 | Rebecca | 1,760 |
| 26 | Elena | 1,724 |
| 27 | Viola | 1,626 |
| 28 | Mia | 1,585 |
| 29 | Elisa | 1,574 |
| 30 | Giada | 1,534 |
| 31 | Adele | 1,486 |
| 32 | Marta | 1,481 |
| 33 | Gioia | 1,452 |
| 34 | Asia | 1,407 |
| 35 | Maria | 1,358 |
| 36 | Isabel | 1,218 |
| 37 | Melissa | 1,126 |
| 38 | Carlotta | 1,114 |
| 39 | Eleonora | 1,110 |
| 40 | Miriam | 1,059 |
| 41 | Emily | 1,057 |
| 42 | Irene | 1,049 |
| 43 | Margherita | 1,034 |
| 44 | Anita | 942 |
| 45 | Benedetta | 936 |
| 46 | Caterina | 927 |
| 47 | Azzurra | 926 |
| 48 | Eva | 896 |
| 49 | Rachele | 886 |
| 50 | Cecilia | 881 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Francesco | 7,209 |
| 2 | Leonardo | 6,622 |
| 3 | Alessandro | 5,987 |
| 4 | Lorenzo | 5,789 |
| 5 | Mattia | 5,715 |
| 6 | Andrea | 5,322 |
| 7 | Gabriele | 5,129 |
| 8 | Riccardo | 4,336 |
| 9 | Matteo | 4,072 |
| 10 | Tommaso | 4,020 |
| 11 | Edoardo | 3,732 |
| 12 | Federico | 3,189 |
| 13 | Giuseppe | 3,170 |
| 14 | Antonio | 3,101 |
| 15 | Diego | 2,942 |
| 16 | Davide | 2,811 |
| 17 | Christian | 2,729 |
| 18 | Nicolo' | 2,705 |
| 19 | Giovanni | 2,668 |
| 20 | Samuele | 2,542 |
| 21 | Pietro | 2,529 |
| 22 | Marco | 2,447 |
| 23 | Filippo | 2,293 |
| 24 | Luca | 2,178 |
| 25 | Michele | 1,952 |
| 26 | Simone | 1,950 |
| 27 | Alessio | 1,912 |
| 28 | Gabriel | 1,895 |
| 29 | Emanuele | 1,867 |
| 30 | Giulio | 1,665 |
| 31 | Salvatore | 1,609 |
| 32 | Vincenzo | 1,575 |
| 33 | Jacopo | 1,559 |
| 34 | Manuel | 1,517 |
| 35 | Giacomo | 1,510 |
| 36 | Gioele | 1,510 |
| 37 | Thomas | 1,480 |
| 38 | Daniele | 1,479 |
| 39 | Cristian | 1,426 |
| 40 | Elia | 1,383 |
| 41 | Samuel | 1,329 |
| 42 | Giorgio | 1,291 |
| 43 | Enea | 1,219 |
| 44 | Luigi | 1,212 |
| 45 | Daniel | 1,121 |
| 46 | Nicola | 1,058 |
| 47 | Stefano | 1,037 |
| 48 | Domenico | 1,005 |
| 49 | Raffaele | 936 |
| 50 | Kevin | 923 |