girls:
235 births since 1990
#5481 (4th percentile)
boys:
326 births since 1996
#4260 (7th percentile)
overall:
561 births since 1990
#7178 (7th percentile)
The name Giani is the #7,178 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 561 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,260 (7.0% percentile) for all time with 326 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,481 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 235 births since 1990.
Giani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 1996 for boys). Birth data for Giani is available in 29 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (28 years for boys and 26 years for girls). 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.
The name Giani has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (58.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 56.3% of babies named Giani were boys. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1990 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (58.6% boys from 1996 to 2023).
For boys, Giani reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #883) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Giani ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 45.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Giani reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #947) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Giani ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 47.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Giani".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Giani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.5% confident that Giani is pronounced as jee-AH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JEE-ah-nee, at 25.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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