Italy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IT-a-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #1,927 for girls
Italy is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “possibly land of calves”. In 2025 it ranked 1,927th for girls in the US (100 babies).
What does Italy mean?
Latin: the country, from Latin Italia
“possibly land of calves”
Italia may come from an Oscan word meaning 'land of young cattle'.
Is Italy a girl's or a boy's name?
Italy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 100 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Italy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,927among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 100about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 100 girls in the US were named Italy, making it the 1,927th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,654th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 133 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer girls named Italy than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Italy in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 girls in the US were given Italy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,458, up from #1,927 for this spelling alone.
Italy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,927 |
| 2024 | 119 | #1,708 |
| 2023 | 128 | #1,627 |
| 2022 | 114 | #1,793 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,584 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,654 |
| 2019 | 131 | #1,614 |
| 2018 | 133 | #1,609 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 98 | #2,017 |
| 2015 | 100 | #1,984 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 86 | #2,173 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,373 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,125 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,992 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Italy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emely Emery Everly Kennedy Avery Emberly Camila Ivy Legacy Journey Murphy Blakely
Other spellings of Italy
Names related to Italy
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Italy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/italy, updated 20 October 2026.