# Giancarlo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/giancarlo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,652 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,652 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 59, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian Giancarlo.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 280 | 793 |
| 2012 | 272 | 814 |
| 2013 | 287 | 784 |
| 2014 | 272 | 829 |
| 2015 | 265 | 847 |
| 2016 | 206 | 991 |
| 2017 | 206 | 992 |
| 2018 | 200 | 1,027 |
| 2019 | 186 | 1,079 |
| 2020 | 156 | 1,210 |
| 2021 | 172 | 1,158 |
| 2022 | 165 | 1,205 |
| 2023 | 143 | 1,330 |
| 2024 | 133 | 1,407 |
| 2025 | 125 | 1,438 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1997 | 7 | 1,578 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,097 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |

## People named Giancarlo

- Giancarlo Esposito, American actor (born 1958)
- Giancarlo González, Costa Rican association football player
- Gian-Carlo Rota, American mathematician and philosopher (1932-1999)
- Giancarlo Bergamini, fencer (1926-2020)
- Gian Carlo Minardi, Formula One team owner
- Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player (born 1989)
- Giancarlo Corradini, footballer, football manager
- Giancarlo Primo, basketball player and coach (1924-2005)
- Giancarlo Badessi, actor (1928-2011)
- Gian Carlo Perego
- Giancarlo Santi, filmmaker (1939-2021)
- Carlo Corazzin, Canadian soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.