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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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
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1943
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1940
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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 1995

  • 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: #316 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,952 boysWAIdaho: 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: #168 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 870 boysILWisconsin: #284 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,264 boysWIMichigan: #521 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,501 boysMINew York: #156 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 963 boysNYMassachusetts: #153 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,142 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedRIOregon: #286 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,755 boysORNevada: #212 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,102 boysNVWyoming: 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: #454 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,794 boysOHPennsylvania: #279 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 2,363 boysPANew Jersey: #142 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 917 boysNJConnecticut: #132 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 840 boysCTCalifornia: #165 for boys · 354 births · 1 in 735 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedUTColorado: #296 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,880 boysCONebraska: 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: #385 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,067 boysVAMaryland: #369 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,951 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedDEArizona: #239 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,353 boysAZNew 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: #759 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,962 boysNCSouth 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: #501 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,403 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Giovanni, so not publishedALGeorgia: #578 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,842 boysGAHawaii: #190 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 847 boysHITexas: #318 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 1,938 boysTXFlorida: #147 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 779 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Connecticut#132 · 1 in 840
  2. New Jersey#142 · 1 in 917
  3. Florida#147 · 1 in 779
  4. Massachusetts#153 · 1 in 1,142
  5. New York#156 · 1 in 963

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#132231 in 840
New Jersey#142541 in 917
Florida#1471091 in 779
Massachusetts#153331 in 1,142
New York#1561271 in 963
California#1653541 in 735
Illinois#168951 in 870
Hawaii#19071 in 847
Nevada#21291 in 1,102
Arizona#239241 in 1,353
Pennsylvania#279301 in 2,363
Wisconsin#284131 in 2,264
Oregon#286111 in 1,755
Colorado#296131 in 1,880
Washington#316171 in 1,952
Texas#318791 in 1,938
Maryland#369101 in 2,951
Virginia#385131 in 3,067
Ohio#454151 in 4,794
Louisiana#50181 in 3,403
Michigan#521111 in 5,501
Georgia#578101 in 4,842
North Carolina#75951 in 8,962
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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 1995

girls
#3,285
34 births · 1 in 51,722 girls
boys
#253
1,115 births · 1 in 1,707 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #3,285Giovanni34

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #253Giovanni1,115
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 51,722 of them was named Giovanni, which outranked 79.1% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Giovanni
  1. #3,220Tashia35
  2. #3,220Tiani35
  3. #3,220Zeinab35
  4. #3,285Giovanni34
  5. #3,285Aaryn34
  6. #3,285Abrielle34
  7. #3,285Adena34
  8. #3,357Abbigayle33
  9. #3,357Alejandrina33
  10. #3,357Alonna33

Tied with 71 names at #3,285; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 1,707 of them was named Giovanni, which outranked 97.6% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Giovanni
  1. #250Deandre1,141
  2. #251Khalil1,118
  3. #252Trent1,117
  4. #253Giovanni1,115
  5. #254Arthur1,113
  6. #255Andy1,107
  7. #256Rodney1,099
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 1,703Tristin#2,307#604
  2. 1,494Raekwon#2,082#588
  3. 1,357Tristian#2,219#862
  4. 1,269Triston#1,795#526
  5. 1,186Rashaan#2,123#937
Fallers
  1. 469Shyheim#817#1,286
  2. 335Ryne#897#1,232
  3. 251Daulton#792#1,043
  4. 247Demetri#886#1,133
  5. 242Jerrell#917#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995