Girls' name · since 1971
Giovana
881 babies named Giovana in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,275 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 881
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Giovana is the #10275 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 881 recorded since 1971.
Giovana has 881 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10275 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #8,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,275 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 881 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Giovana ranks #8,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,275 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 881 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,275 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 881
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Giovana's 881 recorded births place it above 88.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Giovana compares
881 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Giovana's all-time total is 134% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Giovana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 881 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Giovana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Giovana's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 46, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Giovana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Giovana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (322 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Giovana's strongest decade.
322 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Giovana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 55
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
233 births
- 2000s
2000s
322 births
- 2010s
2010s
166 births
- 2020s 76
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 322 births (37% of all-time use).
How Giovana 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 Giovana's total volume
Giovana by state
Where Giovana concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 170 | 19.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 55 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 33 | 3.7% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.7% |
170 of 881 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Giovana's data
- Giovana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (322 total births); usage has since declined to 76 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Giovanas (170 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Giovana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Giovana 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.