Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: ItalianGianna is a female Italian given name, a diminutive form of Giovanna. In English, it is translated as "Jane", "Jean", "Joan", "Joanne" or "Joanna".
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gianna yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Gianna's 98% gain over the past decade ranks among this batch's bigger percentage climbs, though its rank actually peaked earlier than its most recent high — #13 in 2020, the same year as its raw-count peak of 7,899 — and has eased slightly since to #23 with 6,097 births in 2024.
The name entered SSA data in 1951, later than most of this batch's older entries but earlier than recent arrivals like Maverick or Aiden.
Its enrichment data lists musician Gianna Nannini as the clearer namesake, an Italian recording artist active since the 1970s — consistent with the name's Italian origin, similar to how Santiago's and Camila's famous-bearer lists in the second batch skewed toward their own linguistic roots.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5 | #5,704 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,172 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,518 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,778 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,650 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,157 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,674 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,515 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,762 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,691 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,026 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,836 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,745 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,893 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,380 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,715 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,132 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,916 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,188 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,146 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,289 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,032 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,007 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,711 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,955 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,076 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,211 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,929 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,794 |
| 1985 | 90 | #1,413 |
| 1986 | 89 | #1,442 |
| 1987 | 123 | #1,183 |
| 1988 | 111 | #1,304 |
| 1989 | 209 | #881 |
| 1990 | 227 | #865 |
| 1991 | 327 | #664 |
| 1992 | 365 | #620 |
| 1993 | 430 | #553 |
| 1994 | 491 | #503 |
| 1995 | 617 | #420 |
| 1996 | 655 | #402 |
| 1997 | 771 | #357 |
| 1998 | 1,176 | #266 |
| 1999 | 1,307 | #241 |
| 2000 | 1,332 | #240 |
| 2001 | 1,765 | #185 |
| 2002 | 1,985 | #163 |
| 2003 | 2,311 | #143 |
| 2004 | 2,727 | #124 |
| 2005 | 2,962 | #110 |
| 2006 | 3,454 | #98 |
| 2007 | 3,713 | #91 |
| 2008 | 3,669 | #87 |
| 2009 | 3,938 | #76 |
| 2010 | 3,960 | #67 |
| 2011 | 4,071 | #63 |
| 2012 | 3,627 | #73 |
| 2013 | 3,442 | #87 |
| 2014 | 3,082 | #95 |
| 2015 | 3,183 | #96 |
| 2016 | 3,226 | #92 |
| 2017 | 3,197 | #91 |
| 2018 | 3,450 | #80 |
| 2019 | 3,422 | #79 |
| 2020 | 7,899 | #13 |
| 2021 | 7,475 | #13 |
| 2022 | 6,416 | #22 |
| 2023 | 6,143 | #21 |
| 2024 | 6,097 | #23 |
