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Italia

Gender
Girl
Say it
i-TAL-ee-a
Origin
Italian
UK rank, 2025
#2,076 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,583 for girls

Italia is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).

What does Italia mean?

Italian: Italian name for Italy

Ancient writers linked Italia to a word for calves, but the true origin of the name is uncertain.

Is Italia a girl's or a boy's name?

Italia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 67 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Italia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,076among girls
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Italia, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 21 girls.

2025 had more girls named Italia than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Italia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 21 in 20132025
Italia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#2,076
20248#3,076
20239#2,841
202210#2,615
202112#2,325
202017#1,780
201911#2,420
201815#2,000
20178#3,102
20168#3,105
201513#2,186
201413#2,189
201321#1,559
201215#2,005
201111#2,393
201016#1,829
200912#2,153
200810#2,454
200710#2,354
20069#2,451
200510#2,206
20047#2,669
20036#2,877
20026#2,691
20015#2,928
20003#4,074
19993#4,041
19980–
19974#3,345

How popular is Italia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,583among girls
Babies in 2025
67about 1 in 24,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Italia, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,523rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 131 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.

2025 had fewer girls named Italia than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Italia in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1911Busiest: 131 in 20072025
Italia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202567#2,583
202484#2,231
202379#2,314
202275#2,425
202177#2,345
202068#2,523
201965#2,651
201883#2,217
201769#2,546
201699#1,996
2015106#1,908
2014122#1,714
201394#2,052
2012118#1,744
2011107#1,874
2010100#1,992
2009105#1,979
2008128#1,732
2007131#1,679
2006120#1,734
200584#2,179
200492#1,997
200384#2,089
200261#2,551
200187#1,964
200053#2,736
199949#2,779
199842#3,012
199748#2,619
199640#2,961
199521#4,672
199416#5,707
199319#4,992
199217#5,477
199131#3,437
199020#4,689
198920#4,516
198814#5,593
19875#11,320
19860–
19856#9,304
19846#9,139
19830–
19826#9,235
19810–
19800–
19797#8,059
19780–
19775#9,650
19760–
19750–
19745#8,773
19730–
19720–
19715#8,322
19700–
19697#5,972
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19636#5,890
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19345#4,284
19336#3,751
19320–
19310–
19300–
19295#4,568
19286#4,193
19270–
19268#3,563
19250–
19249#3,391
192310#3,124
192210#3,150
192110#3,163
192020#1,952
191926#1,565
191830#1,411
191729#1,377
191618#1,867
191523#1,523
191414#1,818
191313#1,670
19120–
191110#1,545

Names like Italia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Italia

More Italian names

Every Italian name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Italia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/italia, updated 20 October 2026.