Giovanni — #122 US boys' name
86,387 babies named Giovanni in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.1% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Giovanni was born in this single decade.
3,434 babies were named Giovanni in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Giovanni
The Social Security Administration has registered 86,387 babies named Giovanni between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Giovanni currently holds the #122 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 3,434 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Giovanni performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 30,408 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Giovanni shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19,649 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Giovanni in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Giovanni 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 86,387 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.
Giovanni at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Giovanni popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1907
- Peak year (2010)
- 3,434
- Annual births at peak — across 118 years of records
Currently ranks #122 among boys.
86,387 total births across 118 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 3,434 births in a single year.
Giovanni popularity over time — girls
967 total births recorded since 1971 (Giovanni as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Giovanni accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Giovanni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 30,408 births that decade — 35% of Giovanni's all-time total
Giovanni decade highlights
- Peak decade 30,408 births
- Runner-up 24,227 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Giovanni's strongest decade
30,408 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Giovanni by state
Where Giovanni concentrates geographically — total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 19,649 | 22.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 9,507 | 11.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 8,031 | 9.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6,743 | 7.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5,335 | 6.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 3,610 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 2,851 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 2,370 | 2.7% |
19,649 of 86,387 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 22.7% of nationwide
- Texas 11.0% of nationwide
- New York 9.3% of nationwide
- Florida 7.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 6.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 22.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Giovanni 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, 1907–2024 (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.