Girls' name · since 1994
Gianella
Gianella has 1,147 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,147
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gianella currently ranks #2169 among girls' names in America, with 1,147 babies recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gianella has been recorded 1,147 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #2169 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #6,826 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,169 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,147 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gianella ranks #6,826 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,169 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,147 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,147
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gianella's 1,147 recorded births place it above 90.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Gianella compares
1,147 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gianella's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gianella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,147 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 98 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gianella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gianella's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 98, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gianella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 98
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Gianella by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (421 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Gianella's strongest decade.
421 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Gianella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 36
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
288 births
- 2010s
2010s
402 births
- 2020s
2020s
421 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 421 births (37% of all-time use).
How Gianella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Gianella's total volume
Gianella by state
Where Gianella concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 158 | 13.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 140 | 12.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 111 | 9.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 96 | 8.4% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 70 | 6.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.5% |
158 of 1,147 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Gianella's data
- California records the most Gianellas (158 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gianella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gianella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.