Italian Names
Italian names have never really needed a revival in America — Isabella, Sofia, and Luca all sit in the top 20 right now. Behind the hits is a deep bench of saints, painters, and grandparents: Rocco, Chiara, Salvatore, Gemma.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italy's queenly form of Elizabeth. | 10,666#7 | Steady | 2010 | ||
Italy's Anthony, a Shakespeare regular. | 2,058#176 | Up 4 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
'Wisdom' — as Italian as Loren. | 8,252#9 | Up 8 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Short for Giovanna — John's Italian daughter. | 5,634#33 | Down 20 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Italy's Helen — and Ferrante's brilliant friend. | 4,836#42 | Up 13 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Latin for dawn, carried with an Italian lilt. | 7,065#15 | Up 21 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Da Vinci's name: 'brave as a lion'. | 3,789#91 | Down 5 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
The Italian John — Medici, painters, and a Decameron narrator. | 2,939#123 | Down 3 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Italian 'angel'. | 1,124#304 | Up 10 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Lorenzo de' Medici — il Magnifico. | 3,065#117 | Up 35 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Italian 'white' — Shakespeare borrowed it twice. | 594#500 | Down 80 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Italy's Luke — the vowel ending that made it travel. | 8,759#14 | Up 53 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Marco Polo's name: Mark of the Adriatic. | 862#370 | Up 23 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
The Roman clan name that names a region of Italy. | 4,677#45 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
From valens, 'strong' — an Italian favorite. | 5,354#35 | Up 38 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Italian 'light', serenaded in Naples. | 3,012#83 | Up 77 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Italian 'savior'. | 249#945 | Up 11 rank positions in five years | 1927 | ||
Son of the Aemilian clan. | 2,397#154 | Up 75 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The poet of the Divine Comedy. | 1,104#308 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Feminine of Francesco, Italy's own St. Francis. | 984#307 | Up 148 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Once short for Vincenzo — now Ferrari's founder. | 4,556#72 | Up 102 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Matthew, alla italiana. | 2,455#146 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The pilgrim saint invoked against plague. | 679#459 | Up 33 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
From vivus: 'alive'. | 928#331 | Up 78 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Verona's own. | 1,129#302 | Up 76 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Italian 'jewel' — Dante's wife's name. | 1,805#170 | Up 38 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Alexandra, said the Italian way. | 697#443 | Down 75 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
The short, sharp Italian cut of Nicholas. | 2,066#174 | Up 144 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Italian 'brown-haired' — the Encanto name we don't talk about. | 351#740 | Down 28 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
'Little saint' — a Godfather name. | 934#353 | Up 92 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The designer, the racer, and the saint of February 14. | 710#444 | Up 176 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Palermo's patron saint. | 481#609 | Up 129 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Vincent — 'conquering'. | 403#674 | Up 62 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Italy's streamlined take on Alexandra. | 937#326 | Up 177 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Italian 'bright, clear' — St. Clare of Assisi at home. | 228#1,066 | Up 262 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Julia, as Rome's descendants spell it. | 203#1,141 | Up 354 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
From the seraphim — 'the burning ones'. | 245#1,024 | Up 362 rank positions in five years | 2025 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.