Girls' name · since 1951
Gianna
Since 1951, U.S. Social Security records show 110,315 babies named Gianna, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #33 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 110,315
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gianna currently ranks #33 among girls' names in America, with 110,315 babies recorded since 1951.
Gianna has 110,315 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #33 as of the latest data, more common than 99.8% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.
- #350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #33 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 110,315 born since 1951
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gianna ranks #350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #33 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 110,315 born since 1951, peaking in the 2020s.
- #350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #33 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 110,315
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gianna's 110,315 recorded births place it above 99.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Gianna compares
110,315 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Gianna's all-time total is 293x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gianna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 110,315 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7,903 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gianna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gianna splits its recorded history at 1990: 98% of all births land in the more recent half, 2% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 7,903 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gianna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 7,903
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Gianna popularity over time - boys
73 total births recorded since 2002 (Gianna as boys' name)
Gianna by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (39,710 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Gianna's strongest decade.
39,710 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Gianna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 54
1950s
54 births
- 1960s 333
1960s
333 births
- 1970s 420
1970s
420 births
- 1980s 907
1980s
907 births
- 1990s 6,368
1990s
6,368 births
- 2000s
2000s
27,858 births
- 2010s
2010s
34,665 births
- 2020s
2020s
39,710 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 39,710 births (36% of all-time use).
How Gianna 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 Gianna's total volume
Gianna by state
Where Gianna concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17,120 | 15.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 12,533 | 11.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 8,919 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 8,494 | 7.7% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 8,275 | 7.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 6,797 | 6.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5,925 | 5.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 3,647 | 3.3% |
17,120 of 110,315 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Gianna appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Giannas (17,120 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 Gianna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~74 yrs)
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, 1951–2025 (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 Gianna 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.