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

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Peak · boys
2010 · 3,434 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
89,368
since 1907

Giovanni over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Giovanni has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #117, 2010boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,83816#1232,939
2024#7,25115#1222,964
2023#13,4626#1232,922
2022#8,03213#1222,987
2021#7,25015#1243,009
2020#7,96913#1203,058
2019#8,59712#1422,675
2018#9,15111#1432,772
2017#7,44215#1422,803
2016#10,11310#1412,939
2015#8,93112#1303,140
2014#9,51711#1253,246
2013#7,74815#1282,992
2012#8,63213#1203,093
2011#7,11817#1173,324
2010#9,79011#1173,434
2009#8,88813#1333,072
2008#6,35021#1402,906
2007#5,09728#1343,115
2006#6,84018#1472,830
2005#4,95826#1582,600
2004#7,39115#1892,032
2003#6,88516#1772,201
2002#5,44421#2021,841
2001#3,78534#1961,873
2000#4,79124#2011,757
1999#4,71823#2211,531
1998#3,83130#2251,418
1997#3,81529#2391,281
1996#4,18425#2381,245
1995#3,28534#2531,115
1994#4,11525#286952
1993#2,72544#288963
1992#3,34333#300892
1991#4,20824#322779
1990#3,81327#328755
1989#3,56628#362624
1988#4,01522#402496
1987#3,42426#457377
1986#3,75722#469341
1985#4,45517#497305
1984#4,31817#508278
1983#4,68615#535245
1982#4,52716#547247
1981#6,32310#541241
1980#5,54412#612205
1979#8,0617#625187
1978#5,56311#666158
1977#6,3409#710143
1976#4,90512#646163
1975#7,1737#666154
1974#5,01111#659150
1973#4,58612#669143
1972#5,4809#713127
1971#8,3245#83894
1970#81299
1969#78297
1968#82779
1967#92561
1966#90164
1965#94261
1964#1,07050
1963#91167
1962#1,24239
1961#1,32236
1960#1,61925
1959#1,52227
1958#1,48328
1957#1,58325
1956#1,94517
1955#1,97916
1954#2,7439
1953#3,4256
1952#2,6809
1951#3,0667
1950#2,5809
1949#3,6905
1948#3,6685
1947#3,7335
1946#3,5255
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
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1938
1937#3,1756
1936
1935#2,7198
1934#2,9737
1933#2,7388
1932#2,6389
1931#3,0957
1930#2,44411
1929#3,9595
1928#2,16214
1927#2,52311
1926#2,9049
1925#2,31313
1924#2,22914
1923#2,44612
1922#2,14315
1921#1,64822
1920#1,74720
1919#1,53123
1918#1,53923
1917#1,64320
1916#1,30427
1915#1,41023
1914#1,49217
1913#1,31116
1912#1,35313
1911#1,2908
1910#1,5895
1909#1,0838
1908
1907#86610
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First appearance
1907

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.

Where Giovanni is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedMNIllinois: #245 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 1,736 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedWIMichigan: #502 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,312 boysMINew York: #173 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 1,249 boysNYMassachusetts: #214 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,188 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #362 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 4,285 boysPANew Jersey: #203 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,489 boysNJConnecticut: #235 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,014 boysCTCalifornia: #215 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 1,255 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedWVVirginia: #499 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,980 boysVAMaryland: #413 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,584 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedHITexas: #508 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 4,937 boysTXFlorida: #242 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 1,595 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#173 · 1 in 1,249
  2. New Jersey#203 · 1 in 1,489
  3. Massachusetts#214 · 1 in 2,188
  4. California#215 · 1 in 1,255
  5. Connecticut#235 · 1 in 2,014

Best ever in a state: #35 in Rhode Island, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#1731081 in 1,249
New Jersey#203371 in 1,489
Massachusetts#214201 in 2,188
California#2152141 in 1,255
Connecticut#235111 in 2,014
Florida#242561 in 1,595
Illinois#245501 in 1,736
Pennsylvania#362191 in 4,285
Maryland#41371 in 4,584
Virginia#49971 in 5,980
Michigan#502111 in 6,312
Texas#508301 in 4,937
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Giovanni
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 2010 at #117 (3,434 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1965–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 559
  • Highest: 1 in 559 boys born in 2010 were named Giovanni (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 581 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.0% of all boys named Giovanni (30,418) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s18#866 (1907)#975
1910s175#1,290 (1911)#1,446
1920s135#1,648 (1921)#2,407
1930s56#2,444 (1930)#2,826
1940s20#3,525 (1946)#3,654
1950s153#1,483 (1958)#2,301
1960s579#782 (1969)#1,054
1970s1,418#625 (1979)#700
1980s3,359#362 (1989)#493
1990s10,931#221 (1999)#270
2000s24,227#133 (2009)#168
2010s30,418#117 (2010)#131
2020s17,879#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 1989

girls
#3,566
28 births · 1 in 65,841 girls
boys
#362
624 births · 1 in 3,207 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #3,566Giovanni28

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #362Giovanni624
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 65,841 of them was named Giovanni, which outranked 75.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Giovanni
  1. #3,477Tiphanie29
  2. #3,477Tyla29
  3. #3,477Tyneshia29
  4. #3,566Giovanni28
  5. #3,566Adrina28
  6. #3,566Aissa28
  7. #3,566Alexanderia28
  8. #3,673Aisling27
  9. #3,673Aleta27
  10. #3,673Alexys27

Tied with 106 names at #3,566; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 3,207 of them was named Giovanni, which outranked 96.1% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Giovanni
  1. #359Alfred634
  2. #360Gavin629
  3. #361Pablo628
  4. #362Giovanni624
  5. #362Eli624
  6. #362Kurtis624
  7. #365Nolan617
  8. #366Felix611
  9. #367Roderick610

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989