# Gianna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gianna/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 110,388 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 73 / 110,315 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,154, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Gianna and Greek Γιάννα (Giánna). Doublet of Jane.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3,199 | 91 |
| 2018 | 3,451 | 80 |
| 2019 | 3,424 | 79 |
| 2020 | 7,903 | 13 |
| 2021 | 7,477 | 13 |
| 2022 | 6,419 | 22 |
| 2023 | 6,146 | 21 |
| 2024 | 6,131 | 23 |
| 2025 | 5,634 | 33 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 11,286 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,967 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,549 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,408 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,309 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,919 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,815 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,798 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,909 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,117 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,280 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,237 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,269 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,342 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 30 | 1,155 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 40 | 920 |
| 2019 | 47 | 796 |
| 2020 | 115 | 382 |
| 2021 | 121 | 378 |
| 2022 | 111 | 382 |
| 2023 | 138 | 319 |
| 2024 | 125 | 351 |
| 2025 | 139 | 312 |

## 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.