Top five girl names
Sofia, Aurora, Giulia, Ginevra, and Beatrice.
IT ranking · 2021
Most popular baby names in Italy in 2021.
Sofia and Leonardo lead the 2021 list. Explore every reviewed rank through 50, recorded counts, ties, and the exact scope behind the numbers.
Girls SofiaBoys Leonardo100 ranked names206,516 recorded usesSource checked 6 August 2026
The short answer
Sofia and Leonardo were the most popular girl and boy names in Italy in 2021.
Top five
The 2021 leaders.
Top five boy names
Leonardo, Alessandro, Tommaso, Francesco, and Lorenzo.
Compared with 2020
What changed in 2021?
Names are matched by publisher spelling and category. A rise means a better source-derived rank than in the previous annual release.
Girl-name risers
- Diana#50 to #36
- Ambra#42 to #32
- Azzurra#27 to #20
- Camilla#17 to #12
New to this top 50: Nina.
Boy-name risers
- Nathan#44 to #37
- Liam#45 to #38
- Edoardo#10 to #6
- Gioele#28 to #24
New to this top 50: Ettore, Nicola, Damiano.
Top girl names in 2021
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Italy. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sofia | 5,578 |
| 2 | Aurora | 4,991 |
| 3 | Giulia | 4,616 |
| 4 | Ginevra | 3,803 |
| 5 | Beatrice | 3,647 |
| 6 | Alice | 3,392 |
| 7 | Vittoria | 3,202 |
| 8 | Emma | 2,876 |
| 9 | Ludovica | 2,813 |
| 10 | Matilde | 2,633 |
| 11 | Giorgia | 2,359 |
| 12 | Camilla | 2,343 |
| 13 | Chiara | 2,320 |
| 14 | Anna | 2,291 |
| 15 | Bianca | 2,201 |
| 16 | Nicole | 2,169 |
| 17 | Gaia | 2,088 |
| 18 | Martina | 2,069 |
| 19 | Greta | 2,052 |
| 20 | Azzurra | 1,673 |
| 21 | Sara | 1,651 |
| 22 | Arianna | 1,647 |
| 23 | Noemi | 1,639 |
| 24 | Rebecca | 1,533 |
| 25 | Mia | 1,494 |
| 26 | Isabel | 1,422 |
| 27 | Adele | 1,349 |
| 28 | Chloe | 1,317 |
| 29 | Elena | 1,298 |
| 30 | Francesca | 1,260 |
| 31 | Gioia | 1,202 |
| 32 | Ambra | 1,171 |
| 33 | Viola | 1,152 |
| 34 | Carlotta | 1,149 |
| 35 | Cecilia | 1,144 |
| 36 | Diana | 1,117 |
| 37 | Alessia | 1,101 |
| 38 | Elisa | 1,086 |
| 39 | Emily | 1,070 |
| 40 | Marta | 1,066 |
| 41 | Maria | 989 |
| 42 | Margherita | 988 |
| 43 | Anita | 978 |
| 44 | Giada | 972 |
| 45 | Eleonora | 926 |
| 46 | Nina | 856 |
| 47 | Miriam | 842 |
| 48 | Asia | 823 |
| 49 | Amelia | 805 |
| 50 | Diletta | 804 |
Top boy names in 2021
Source-derived rank and recorded count for Italy. Tied positions are preserved.
| Rank | Name | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo | 8,448 |
| 2 | Alessandro | 4,975 |
| 3 | Tommaso | 4,973 |
| 4 | Francesco | 4,924 |
| 5 | Lorenzo | 4,642 |
| 6 | Edoardo | 4,369 |
| 7 | Mattia | 4,215 |
| 8 | Riccardo | 3,992 |
| 9 | Gabriele | 3,944 |
| 10 | Andrea | 3,860 |
| 11 | Diego | 2,946 |
| 12 | Matteo | 2,867 |
| 13 | Nicolo' | 2,847 |
| 14 | Giuseppe | 2,740 |
| 15 | Antonio | 2,598 |
| 16 | Federico | 2,546 |
| 17 | Pietro | 2,247 |
| 18 | Samuele | 2,225 |
| 19 | Giovanni | 2,211 |
| 20 | Filippo | 2,113 |
| 21 | Enea | 1,963 |
| 22 | Davide | 1,925 |
| 23 | Christian | 1,738 |
| 24 | Gioele | 1,722 |
| 25 | Giulio | 1,713 |
| 26 | Michele | 1,685 |
| 27 | Marco | 1,541 |
| 28 | Gabriel | 1,439 |
| 29 | Elia | 1,403 |
| 30 | Luca | 1,400 |
| 31 | Salvatore | 1,374 |
| 32 | Vincenzo | 1,333 |
| 33 | Emanuele | 1,326 |
| 34 | Thomas | 1,322 |
| 35 | Alessio | 1,251 |
| 36 | Giacomo | 1,197 |
| 37 | Nathan | 1,192 |
| 38 | Liam | 1,174 |
| 39 | Simone | 1,166 |
| 40 | Samuel | 1,133 |
| 41 | Jacopo | 1,129 |
| 42 | Noah | 1,097 |
| 43 | Daniele | 1,050 |
| 44 | Giorgio | 1,025 |
| 45 | Ettore | 1,002 |
| 46 | Luigi | 996 |
| 47 | Daniel | 946 |
| 48 | Manuel | 936 |
| 49 | Nicola | 859 |
| 50 | Damiano | 830 |
Method
What this ranking measures.
Bornly's extract contains the rankings shown here, with Istat attribution, licence, methodology, review date and original source hashes.
- Publisher
- Istat
- Reviewed data
- Bornly reviewed ranking extract
- Geographic scope
- Italy
- Release
- Final reviewed release for 2021
- Coverage
- 50 girl names and 50 boy names
- Reviewed data licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Source review
- Checked 6 August 2026
- Source methodology
- Municipal-register births in 2021. Istat does not correct source spelling, transcription, or category inconsistencies. All-uppercase source spellings are deterministically converted to Unicode title case while preserving punctuation. The official endpoint order defines sequential rank; the first 50 rows per category are retained with exact published counts.
Questions about the list
Read the ranking without losing the context.
- What are the most popular baby names in Italy?
- Sofia is the number-one girl name and Leonardo is the number-one boy name in the reviewed 2021 release.
- What area does this list cover?
- It covers Italy exactly. It should not be read as a ranking for a broader geography.
- How are tied names shown?
- The reviewed data does not contain a tied position within the ranks shown on this page.
- How complete is the page?
- The page includes every reviewed row through rank 50 for both categories: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Counts are retained from the source; display-casing normalization is documented in the methodology.