Humanverse

Giovanny vs Giovonni

American parents have registered 6,752 Giovannys since 1880, against 1,505 Giovonnis. Giovanny is still ahead, with 78 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Giovanny against Giovonni, 1880 to 2025 0 100 200 300 400 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Giovanny 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

Giovanny has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1973 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.

The closest they came was 2022, when Giovanny had 86 and Giovonni had 74.

Side by side

  Giovanny Giovonni
Total US births 6,7521,505
Most in one year 39974
Babies in 2025 7853
Estimated living today 6,6001,500
Median age today 1713
Peak year 20102022
Best rank 618th boys2,039th boys
Rank in 2025 1,959th2,516th
First recorded 19731984
Girls / boys 30 / 6,7220 / 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 Giovannys alive today are over 17; half the Giovonnis are over 13. That is 4 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.

Compare something else

Related comparisons

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