boys:
8.4k births since 1956
#1284 (72nd percentile)
overall:
8.4k births since 1956
#2948 (62nd percentile)
The name Giancarlo is the #2,948 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,392 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 61.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,284 (72.0% percentile) for all time with 8,392 births since 1956.
Giancarlo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for boys in 1956). Birth data for Giancarlo is available in 64 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Giancarlo reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 38.4% percentile (ranked #559) with 175 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 175 births per million (ranked 38.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Giancarlo ranks #773 for boys (15.2% percentile) with 78 births per million, which is 44.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Giancarlo".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Giancarlo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.8% confident that Giancarlo is pronounced as jahn-KAHR-loh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAHN-KAHR-loh, at 19.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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