Italy

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 120 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
120
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Italy by the numbers

Italy was given to 120 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Italy

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Italy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Idaly14 in the US (2017)
  • Isaly9 in the US (2017)
  • Italya8 in the US (2017)
  • Itali5 in the US (2017)
  • ItaliaItaly; the land of the italics14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Itatibell; stone9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Italy

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