Giovanni
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · #123 for boys in 2025, 2,939 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 3,434 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 89,368since 1907
Giovanni over time
Rank among boys' names. Giovanni has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 | #123 | 2,939 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #122 | 2,964 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #123 | 2,922 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #122 | 2,987 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #124 | 3,009 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #120 | 3,058 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #142 | 2,675 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #143 | 2,772 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #142 | 2,803 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #141 | 2,939 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #130 | 3,140 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #125 | 3,246 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #128 | 2,992 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | #120 | 3,093 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | #117 | 3,324 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #117 | 3,434 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #133 | 3,072 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | #140 | 2,906 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #134 | 3,115 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #147 | 2,830 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #158 | 2,600 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #189 | 2,032 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #177 | 2,201 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #202 | 1,841 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 | #196 | 1,873 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #201 | 1,757 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #221 | 1,531 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | #225 | 1,418 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | #239 | 1,281 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | #238 | 1,245 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 | #253 | 1,115 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | #286 | 952 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | #288 | 963 |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 | #300 | 892 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | #322 | 779 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #328 | 755 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | #362 | 624 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #402 | 496 |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | #457 | 377 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #469 | 341 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #497 | 305 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #508 | 278 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #535 | 245 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #547 | 247 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #541 | 241 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #612 | 205 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #625 | 187 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #666 | 158 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #710 | 143 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #646 | 163 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #666 | 154 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #659 | 150 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #669 | 143 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #713 | 127 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #838 | 94 |
| 1970 | — | #812 | 99 | |
| 1969 | — | #782 | 97 | |
| 1968 | — | #827 | 79 | |
| 1967 | — | #925 | 61 | |
| 1966 | — | #901 | 64 | |
| 1965 | — | #942 | 61 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,070 | 50 | |
| 1963 | — | #911 | 67 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,242 | 39 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,322 | 36 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,619 | 25 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,522 | 27 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,483 | 28 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,143 | 15 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,531 | 23 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,643 | 20 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,304 | 27 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,492 | 17 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Giovanni! It came in at #866, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Giovanni
- 1 spot since 2024 (#122 → #123)
- 3 spots since 2020 (#120 → #123)
- 7 spots since 2015 (#130 → #123)
- Biggest jump: 331 spots in 1963 (#1,242 → #911)
- Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1964 (#911 → #1,070)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 2010 at #117 (3,434 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1965–2025
- Highest: 1 in 559 boys born in 2010 were named Giovanni (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 581 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
- 34.0% of all boys named Giovanni (30,418) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 18 | #866 (1907) | #975 |
| 1910s | 175 | #1,290 (1911) | #1,446 |
| 1920s | 135 | #1,648 (1921) | #2,407 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,444 (1930) | #2,826 |
| 1940s | 20 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,654 |
| 1950s | 153 | #1,483 (1958) | #2,301 |
| 1960s | 579 | #782 (1969) | #1,054 |
| 1970s | 1,418 | #625 (1979) | #700 |
| 1980s | 3,359 | #362 (1989) | #493 |
| 1990s | 10,931 | #221 (1999) | #270 |
| 2000s | 24,227 | #133 (2009) | #168 |
| 2010s | 30,418 | #117 (2010) | #131 |
| 2020s | 17,879 | #120 (2020) | #122 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Giovanni in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 229,324 of them was named Giovanni, which outranked 32.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,313Zarifa8
- #7,313Zarina8
- #7,313Zoey8
- #8,061Giovanni7
- #8,061Abena7
- #8,061Addi7
- #8,061Afia7
- #9,010Aarica6
- #9,010Aba6
- #9,010Abel6
Tied with 948 names at #8,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 9,206 of them was named Giovanni, which outranked 91.2% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #622Aric190
- #623Roosevelt189
- #623Rudolph189
- #625Giovanni187
- #625Freddy187
- #625Jedidiah187
- #625Rocco187
- #630Agustin185
- #630Reid185
- #630Scot185
Tied with 4 names at #625; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.