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Giorgio vs Giovonni

American parents have registered 2,183 Giorgios since 1880, against 1,505 Giovonnis. Giorgio is still ahead, with 78 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Giorgio against Giovonni, 1880 to 2025 0 25 50 75 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Giorgio Giovonni

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 58 years in which either name was published, Giorgio for 49 years and Giovonni for 9 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.

Side by side

  Giorgio Giovonni
Total US births 2,1831,505
Most in one year 9674
Babies in 2025 7853
Estimated living today 2,1001,500
Median age today 1513
Peak year 20242022
Best rank 1,724th boys2,039th boys
Rank in 2025 1,959th2,516th
First recorded 19611984
Girls / boys 0 / 2,1830 / 1,505

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Giorgios alive today are over 15; half the Giovonnis are over 13. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Giorgio and Giovonni.