Giani — #10287 US boys' name
333 babies named Giani in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Giani was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Giani in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Giani
The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Giani between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Giani currently holds the #10287 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Giani is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 249 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Giani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Giani shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Giani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Giani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 333 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Giani at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Giani popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2012)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #10287 among boys.
333 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 22 births in a single year.
Giani popularity over time — girls
249 total births recorded since 1990 (Giani as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Giani accounts for 43% of total recorded use across both genders.
Giani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 126 births that decade — 38% of Giani's all-time total
Giani decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 121 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Giani's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Giani by state
Where Giani concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 333 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.