# Giovanni (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/giovanni/  
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 | /d͡ʒoʊˈvɑni/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 90,351 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 89,368 / 983 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,329, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Giovanni. Doublet of John.

## 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 | 17 | 7,226 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,812 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,901 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,757 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,148 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,355 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,590 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,387 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,773 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,124 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,393 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,212 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,030 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,368 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6,937 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,324 | 117 |
| 2012 | 3,093 | 120 |
| 2013 | 2,992 | 128 |
| 2014 | 3,246 | 125 |
| 2015 | 3,140 | 130 |
| 2016 | 2,939 | 141 |
| 2017 | 2,803 | 142 |
| 2018 | 2,772 | 143 |
| 2019 | 2,675 | 142 |
| 2020 | 3,058 | 120 |
| 2021 | 3,009 | 124 |
| 2022 | 2,987 | 122 |
| 2023 | 2,922 | 123 |
| 2024 | 2,964 | 122 |
| 2025 | 2,939 | 123 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 36 | 852 |
| 2013 | 49 | 676 |
| 2014 | 53 | 643 |
| 2015 | 48 | 692 |
| 2016 | 53 | 659 |
| 2017 | 73 | 531 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 48 | 694 |
| 2020 | 58 | 611 |
| 2021 | 55 | 659 |
| 2022 | 66 | 571 |
| 2023 | 60 | 602 |
| 2024 | 66 | 576 |
| 2025 | 77 | 497 |

## People named Giovanni

- Giovanni Bellini, 15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter (1430–1516)
- Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
- Giovanni Leone, 6th President of Italy (1908-2001)
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch association football player and manager
- Giovanni Gronchi, 3rd President of Italy (1887-1978)
- Giovanni da Verrazzano, Florentine explorer of North America for France
- Giovanni Spadolini, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (1925-1994)
- Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player
- Giovanni Battista Riccioli, 16th century Italian theologian and astronomer
- Giovanni Simeone, Argentine footballer
- Giovanni Giustiniani, Genoese captain and soldier (15th century)
- Giovanni Silva de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer

## 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.