Explore baby name trends across Italy's 110 provinces.
Italian naming shows strong regional character. Northern Italy favours names like Leonardo and Sofia, while southern regions prefer traditional choices like Giuseppe and Maria. The influence of patron saints creates distinctly local naming patterns — San Gennaro in Naples, Sant'Agata in Catania, San Marco in Venice.
Our data comes from ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics), covering 4,000+ names with birth records from 1999 to 2024.