Italian names Americans adore

Italian names are having their best American decade ever — Luca cracked the top-10 in Scotland and is storming the US charts too.

Every name below is Italian by root and American by birth certificate, shown with its live rank.

Girls

Isabella#7 today
Gianna#33 today
Valentina#35 today
Elena#42 today
Lucia#83 today
Gia#287 today
Francesca#307 today
Alessia#326 today
Viviana#331 today
Alessandra#443 today
Bianca#500 today
Serafina#1022 today
Chiara#1065 today

Boys

Luca#14 today
Enzo#72 today
Leonardo#91 today
Lorenzo#117 today
Giovanni#123 today
Matteo#146 today
Nico#174 today
Antonio#176 today
Angelo#304 today
Dante#308 today
Marco#370 today
Rocco#459 today
Gianni#523 today

How this list is built: A curated set of Italian names matched against the latest US records; only names in real use appear. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.

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