Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: ItalianGiovanni is a male Italian given name. It is the Italian equivalent of the English name John. Giovanni is frequently contracted to Gianni, Gian, or Gio, particularly in the name Gianbattista, and can also be found as a surname.
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In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Giovanni yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
The namesakes here span nearly seven hundred years: Boccaccio, born 1313, the composer Palestrina, born 1525, and Guglielmo Marconi, born 1874, who carried Giovanni among his given names. Francis of Assisi, born 1182, was christened Giovanni before the name he is known by. Against that, the American data is brief — nothing before 1907, and just 87,354 births in total. Current figures show 2,951 births at rank 122, down 9% over the decade from a 2010 high of 3,434. That mild decline puts it among the more stable names in this batch. Giovanni's American usage has always been tied to Italian-American families rather than to broad adoption, and unlike Lorenzo, which is climbing hard, it has stayed roughly where it settled.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 | 10 | #898 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,114 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,686 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,325 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,384 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,336 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,513 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,430 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,314 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,664 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,560 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,547 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,782 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,672 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,182 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,502 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,283 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,354 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,998 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,593 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,203 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,507 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,718 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,829 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,109 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,795 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,295 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,708 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,943 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,876 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,900 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,651 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,756 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,821 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,995 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,966 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,649 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,533 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,637 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,333 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,248 |
| 1963 | 67 | #914 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,074 |
| 1965 | 60 | #948 |
| 1966 | 64 | #905 |
| 1967 | 61 | #927 |
| 1968 | 79 | #827 |
| 1969 | 96 | #791 |
| 1970 | 99 | #813 |
| 1971 | 94 | #840 |
| 1972 | 127 | #714 |
| 1973 | 143 | #669 |
| 1974 | 149 | #662 |
| 1975 | 154 | #666 |
| 1976 | 162 | #648 |
| 1977 | 143 | #711 |
| 1978 | 158 | #667 |
| 1979 | 187 | #626 |
| 1980 | 205 | #612 |
| 1981 | 241 | #542 |
| 1982 | 247 | #547 |
| 1983 | 245 | #536 |
| 1984 | 278 | #508 |
| 1985 | 305 | #497 |
| 1986 | 341 | #469 |
| 1987 | 377 | #458 |
| 1988 | 496 | #402 |
| 1989 | 624 | #363 |
| 1990 | 755 | #328 |
| 1991 | 779 | #323 |
| 1992 | 892 | #300 |
| 1993 | 963 | #288 |
| 1994 | 952 | #286 |
| 1995 | 1,115 | #253 |
| 1996 | 1,245 | #238 |
| 1997 | 1,281 | #239 |
| 1998 | 1,418 | #225 |
| 1999 | 1,531 | #221 |
| 2000 | 1,757 | #201 |
| 2001 | 1,873 | #196 |
| 2002 | 1,841 | #202 |
| 2003 | 2,201 | #177 |
| 2004 | 2,032 | #189 |
| 2005 | 2,600 | #158 |
| 2006 | 2,830 | #147 |
| 2007 | 3,115 | #134 |
| 2008 | 2,906 | #140 |
| 2009 | 3,072 | #133 |
| 2010 | 3,434 | #117 |
| 2011 | 3,323 | #117 |
| 2012 | 3,091 | #120 |
| 2013 | 2,991 | #128 |
| 2014 | 3,246 | #125 |
| 2015 | 3,139 | #130 |
| 2016 | 2,939 | #141 |
| 2017 | 2,801 | #142 |
| 2018 | 2,771 | #143 |
| 2019 | 2,673 | #142 |
| 2020 | 3,053 | #120 |
| 2021 | 3,008 | #124 |
| 2022 | 2,981 | #122 |
| 2023 | 2,919 | #123 |
| 2024 | 2,951 | #122 |
