Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2022

Giannina

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #5,019 Trend ↑ Rising 244%
Rank 2025
#5,019
among girls · ↓1,419 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
26
named Giannina · -40% vs 2024
How common
1 in 61,818
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2022
45 babies
All-time total
531
#11,407 all-time among girls
First recorded
1965
in Social Security records

Giannina popularity over time

531 babies have been named Giannina since 1965, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.020.020.0318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2022Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 11 1 – #6,040
1970s – – – –
1980s 106 11 – #4,183
1990s 106 11 0% #5,136
2000s 57 6 -46% #9,688
2010s 49 5 -14% #11,215
2020s (to 2025) 202 34 +587% #3,499

Where Giannina is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 31 0.02 outside top 500
2027 37 0.02 outside top 500
2028 42 0.03 outside top 500
2029 47 0.03 outside top 500
2030 52 0.03 outside top 500

The story of Giannina

Giannina is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #5,019 in 2025 with 26 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1965, 531 American babies have been named Giannina. Its peak came in 2022, when 45 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Giannina stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Giannina?

The median living Giannina is about 17 years old; half are between 3 and 34. An estimated 500 people named Giannina are alive in the United States today.

median 17 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Giannina year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 26 #5,019
2024 43 #3,600
2023 31 #4,496
2022 45 #3,499
2021 32 #4,354
2020 25 #5,070
2019 5 #16,382
2018 – –
2017 6 #14,738
2016 – –
2015 9 #11,215
2014 5 #17,436
2013 8 #12,394
2012 8 #12,618
2011 – –
2010 8 #12,700
2009 9 #11,807
2008 12 #9,688
2007 9 #11,968
2006 11 #10,144
2005 6 #15,139
2004 – –
2003 10 #9,922
2002 – –
2001 – –
2000 – –
1995 9 #9,022
1990 13 #6,595
1985 19 #4,183
1980 6 #9,479
1975 – –
1970 – –
1965 6 #6,040
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
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1895 – –
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1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Giannina

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Giannina Braschi Puerto Rican writer (born 1953) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Giannina, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Giannina?

The median living Giannina is about 17 years old. Half of all living Gianninas are between 3 and 34 years old.

How many people named Giannina are alive today?

An estimated 500 people named Giannina are alive in the United States, based on 531 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Giannina in 2025?

Giannina ranked #5,019 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 26 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Giannina?

531 babies have been named Giannina in the United States since 1965, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Giannina most popular?

Giannina peaked in 2022, when 45 newborns received the name.

Is Giannina a boy or girl name?

Giannina is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Giannina rising or falling?

Giannina is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Giannina become more popular?

Giannina is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 52 girls named Giannina in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Giannina?

Well-known people named Giannina include Giannina Braschi (writer).

Names like Giannina

Names that sound and feel close to Giannina: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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