Ita vs Italo
American parents have registered 760 Italos since 1880, against 660 Itas. But in 2025 it was Ita that was commoner, 25 babies to 11.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ita Italo
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 92 years in which either name was published, Ita for 46 years and Italo for 46 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1900–1908 Ita ahead
- 1911–1936 Italo ahead
- 1961–1968 Ita ahead
- 1972–1978 Italo ahead
- 1979–1987 Ita ahead
- 1990–2003 Italo ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 2006–2025 Ita ahead
10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Ita | Italo | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 660 | 760 |
| Most in one year | 25 | 31 |
| Babies in 2025 | 25 | 11 |
| Estimated living today | 540 | 370 |
| Median age today | 15 | 20 |
| Peak year | 2013 | 1918 |
| Best rank | 5,317th girls | 1,256th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,099th | 7,194th |
| First recorded | 1900 | 1911 |
| Girls / boys | 660 / 0 | 0 / 760 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Italos alive today are over 20; half the Itas are over 15. That is 5 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Ita New Jersey (10.8×), New York (9.0×)
- Italo New York (10.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ita and Italo.