The most popular Italian baby names for 2009 according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT).

	Boy names	a. v.	%	Girl names	a. v.	%
1	Francesco	9.259	3,21	Giulia	8.998	3,31
2	Alessandro	9.141	3,17	Sofia	8.854	3,26
3	Matteo	8.111	2,81	Martina	6.981	2,57
4	Andrea	7.947	2,76	Sara	6.445	2,37
5	Lorenzo	7.711	2,67	Giorgia	5.727	2,11
6	Gabriele	6.865	2,38	Chiara	5.516	2,03
7	Mattia	6.426	2,23	Aurora	5.028	1,85
8	Riccardo	5.998	2,08	Alessia	4.963	1,83
9	Davide	5.220	1,81	Alice	4.749	1,75
10	Luca	4.884	1,69	Francesca	3.957	1,46
11	Leonardo	4.771	1,65	Anna	3.712	1,37
12	Marco	4.517	1,57	Gaia	3.612	1,33
13	Federico	4.361	1,51	Emma	3.487	1,28
14	Giuseppe	4.359	1,51	Elisa	3.248	1,19
15	Simone	4.033	1,40	Giada	3.137	1,15
16	Tommaso	4.008	1,39	Matilde	3.107	1,14
17	Antonio	3.927	1,36	Noemi	2.954	1,09
18	Giovanni	3.734	1,29	Beatrice	2.803	1,03
19	Alessio	3.594	1,25	Elena	2.676	0,98
20	Filippo	3.467	1,20	Greta	2.393	0,88
21	Christian	3.351	1,16	Federica	2.299	0,85
22	Pietro	3.104	1,08	Rebecca	2.295	0,84
23	Samuele	3.066	1,06	Nicole	2.223	0,82
24	Daniele	2.980	1,03	Arianna	2.188	0,80
25	Cristian	2.858	0,99	Asia	2.159	0,79
26	Emanuele	2.849	0,99	Viola	2.101	0,77
27	Michele	2.792	0,97	Ilaria	2.084	0,77
28	Edoardo	2.707	0,94	Vittoria	2.025	0,74
29	Diego	2.473	0,86	Ginevra	1.930	0,71
30	Nicolo'	2.327	0,81	Marta	1.895	0,70

Legenda:
a.v. = absolute values
% = every 100 born

Source: Italian National Institute of Statistics ISTAT