girls:
2k births since 1918
#3827 (33rd percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1922
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1918
#5769 (25th percentile)
The name Italy is the #5,769 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,005 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 25.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,827 (33.0% percentile) for all time with 1,995 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1922.
Italy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 1922 for boys). Birth data for Italy is available in 38 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (37 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Italy has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Italy reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 13.6% percentile (ranked #809) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 74 births per million (ranked 13.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1993, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Italy is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #825 (12.9% percentile) with 73 births per million.
For boys, Italy reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #546) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Italy ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 61.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Italy".
These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Italy.
These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Italy", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Italy.
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Italy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.5% confident that Italy is pronounced as IH-tuh-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-TUH-lee, at 15.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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