Giovanni
Giovanni was given to 2,939 boys in 2025, #123 among boys’ names; 90,351 Americans have been recorded with it since 1907 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 88,400 Americans named Giovanni and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 8 and 23.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Giovanni by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Giovanni mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Giovanni is “a male given name from Italian.”
Also “a female given name from Italian.”
Borrowed from Italian Giovanni. Doublet of John.
/d͡ʒoʊˈvɑni/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Giovanni?
#123 among boys’ names, 2025
Giovanni rose from #130 in 2015 to #123 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 1.6 to 1.7 per 1,000.
3,445 babies in 2010, the peak
Giovanni peaked in 2010, when 3,445 babies were given it (3,434 boys, #117 among boys’ names). The 2,955 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 86% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,939 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 2,964 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 2,922 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 2,987 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 3,009 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 3,058 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 2,675 | #142 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 2,772 | #143 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 2,803 | #142 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 2,939 | #141 | 1.5 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,140 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 3,246 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 2013 | 2,992 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | 3,093 | #120 | 1.6 |
| 2011 | 3,324 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 3,434 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 3,072 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 2008 | 2,906 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 3,115 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 2,830 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 2005 | 2,600 | #158 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 2,032 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 2,201 | #177 | 1.1 |
| 2002 | 1,841 | #202 | 0.95 |
| 2001 | 1,873 | #196 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1,757 | #201 | 0.89 |
| 1999 | 1,531 | #221 | 0.80 |
| 1998 | 1,418 | #225 | 0.74 |
| 1997 | 1,281 | #239 | 0.68 |
| 1996 | 1,245 | #238 | 0.66 |
| 1995 | 1,115 | #253 | 0.59 |
| 1994 | 952 | #286 | 0.49 |
| 1993 | 963 | #288 | 0.49 |
| 1992 | 892 | #300 | 0.45 |
| 1991 | 779 | #323 | 0.39 |
| 1990 | 755 | #328 | 0.37 |
| 1989 | 624 | #363 | 0.31 |
| 1988 | 496 | #402 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 377 | #458 | 0.20 |
| 1986 | 341 | #469 | 0.19 |
| 1985 | 305 | #497 | 0.17 |
| 1984 | 278 | #508 | 0.15 |
| 1983 | 245 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1982 | 247 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1981 | 241 | #541 | 0.13 |
| 1980 | 205 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 187 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1978 | 158 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 143 | #711 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 163 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 154 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 150 | #660 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 143 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 127 | #714 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 94 | #840 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 99 | #813 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 97 | #787 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 79 | #827 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 61 | #927 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 64 | #905 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 61 | #945 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,074 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 67 | #914 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,247 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,333 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,636 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,534 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 28 | #1,493 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,596 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,965 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,994 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,820 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,568 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,755 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,174 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,650 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,898 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,874 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,941 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,708 | under 0.01 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,294 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,795 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,108 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,827 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,718 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,213 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,505 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,201 | under 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,201 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,592 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,996 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,353 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,283 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,501 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,181 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,672 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,559 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,314 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,512 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,335 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,383 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,324 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,685 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,114 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 10 | #897 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Giovanni a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 90,351 Americans recorded as Giovanni, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 16 girls and 2,939 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Giovanni: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Giovanni, and how old are they?
88,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 90,351 Americans ever recorded as Giovanni. The median Giovanni alive today is 15 years old; half are between 8 and 23.
The 2020 Census counted 66,480 people named Giovanni (734 women and girls, 65,746 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 71,696 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 285 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,860 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 38,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 38,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Giovanni born?
The states with the most babies named Giovanni are California, Texas and Florida, with 36% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 452 | #82 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 385 | #106 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 205 | #110 | 1.4× |
| New York | 200 | #89 | 1.5× |
| Arizona | 132 | #47 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 122 | #103 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 119 | #75 | 1.5× |
| Ohio | 108 | #124 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 103 | #117 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 98 | #96 | 0.7× |
Where Giovanni is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Giovanni is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Giovanni with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 108,804 babies since 1880, Giovanni is the most given (83% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,955 of their 3,266 babies (90%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Giovanni
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1900-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Lukas | 44,072 | |
| Jonah | 86,075 | |
| Aleksander | 4,166 | |
| Blaze | 9,110 | |
| Jovanni | 7,027 | |
| Maximilian | 18,940 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Giovanni and names like it
- Compare Giovanni and GiovaniBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sGiovanni peaked in 2010.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Giovanni since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Giovanni: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2010The year the most babies were named Giovanni.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Giovanni alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with GMost given first.