Gianna — #23 US girls' name
104,625 babies named Gianna in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.9% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Gianna was born in this single decade.
7,899 babies were named Gianna in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gianna
The Social Security Administration has registered 104,625 babies named Gianna between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gianna currently holds the #23 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 7,899 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gianna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 34,660 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gianna shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16,122 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gianna in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gianna 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 104,625 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.
Gianna at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Gianna popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (2020)
- 7,899
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently a top-25 pick among girls.
104,625 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 7,899 births in a single year.
Gianna popularity over time — boys
73 total births recorded since 2002 (Gianna as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Gianna accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gianna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 34,660 births that decade — 33% of Gianna's all-time total
Gianna decade highlights
- Peak decade 34,660 births
- Runner-up 34,030 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gianna's strongest decade
34,660 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Gianna by state
Where Gianna concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16,122 | 15.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 12,211 | 11.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 8,158 | 7.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 8,083 | 7.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 8,058 | 7.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 6,644 | 6.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5,703 | 5.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 3,478 | 3.3% |
16,122 of 104,625 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.4% of nationwide
- New York 11.7% of nationwide
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.7% of nationwide
- Florida 7.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Gianna appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1951–2024 (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.