Italo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EE-tah-loh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Italo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “Italian”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Italo mean?
Latin: Italian name from Latin Italus
“Italian”
From Italus, a legendary king said to have given his name to Italy; the writer Italo Calvino bore it.
Is Italo a girl's or a boy's name?
Italo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Italo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Italo, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1918, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Italo in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Italo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,643 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Names like Italo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Romeo, Vincenzo, Julius, Luciano, Oliver, Alonzo, Angelo, Leo, Lucian, Marcelo, Milo, Lorenzo
More Latin names
Olivia, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from 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, “Italo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/italo, updated 20 October 2026.