Italy

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Peak · girls
2021 · 132 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,220
since 1918

Italy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Italy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19801990200020102020peak #1,584, 2021girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 girls in 1918, 5 girls in 1919 (see the data table).

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2025#1,927100—
2024#1,708119—
2023#1,627128#12,2395
2022#1,793114—
2021#1,584132—
2020#1,654124—
2019#1,614131—
2018#1,609133—
2017#1,721123—
2016#2,01798—
2015#1,984100—
2014#2,23684—
2013#2,17386—
2012#2,37378—
2011#3,05155—
2010#2,87060—
2009#3,12654—
2008#3,22252—
2007#2,99259—
2006#3,61743—
2005#3,58741—
2004#3,81937—
2003#3,94634—
2002#3,59537—
2001#3,36840—
2000#4,29128—
1999#6,48415—
1998#4,79622—
1997#5,86816—
1996#6,72313—
1995#10,5147—
1994#7,60411—
1993#11,7806—
1992#8,7349—
1991#10,2717—
1990#10,1937—
1989#9,6817—
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Italy! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1988, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Italy is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,405 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,866 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,276 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 20,216 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedARTennessee: #888 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,582 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #773 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,658 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #369 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,364 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,358 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,535 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Italy, so not publishedHITexas: #2,038 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 16,054 girlsTXFlorida: #1,436 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,640 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#369 · 1 in 1,364
  2. South Carolina#773 · 1 in 3,658
  3. Tennessee#888 · 1 in 4,582
  4. Georgia#1,358 · 1 in 7,535
  5. Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866

Best ever in a state: #369 in Louisiana, 2025.

Show every state
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Louisiana#369121 in 1,364
South Carolina#77351 in 3,658
Tennessee#88871 in 4,582
Georgia#1,35861 in 7,535
Illinois#1,40551 in 8,866
Florida#1,43691 in 9,640
Texas#2,038101 in 16,054
California#2,27681 in 20,216
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Italy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 273 spots since 2020 (#1,654 → #1,927)
  • 57 spots since 2015 (#1,984 → #1,927)
Rise & fade · girls
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 2021 at #1,584 (132 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,431
  • Highest: 1 in 12,431 girls born in 2021 were named Italy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 16,073 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 42.7% of all girls named Italy (948) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#4,809 (1918)#4,812
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1980s7#9,681 (1989)#9,681
1990s113#4,796 (1998)#8,297
2000s425#2,992 (2007)#3,556
2010s948#1,609 (2018)#2,165
2020s717#1,584 (2021)#1,716

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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