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Italy

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Italy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 117 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1170.01% of girls
Peak year
2021132 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1918
2,113people given the name
Babies named Italy, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,113 girls have been named Italy in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 132 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 45%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Italy
1910s10
1980s7
1990s113
2000s425
2010s945
2020s613

In 2021, its biggest year

Italy was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Italy

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.