girls:
3.1k births since 1980
#3135 (45th percentile)
boys:
14.3k births since 1962
#977 (79th percentile)
overall:
17.3k births since 1962
#1959 (75th percentile)
The name Gianni is the #1,959 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17,328 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 74.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #977 (78.7% percentile) for all time with 14,259 births since 1962. For girls, it ranks #3,135 (45.1% percentile) for all time with 3,069 births since 1980.
Gianni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Gianni is available in 60 out of the 62 years between 1962 and 2023 (60 years for boys and 43 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 Gianni has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 77.1% of babies named Gianni were boys.
For boys, Gianni reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 62.4% percentile (ranked #339) with 483 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 483 births per million (ranked 62.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Gianni ranks #411 for boys (54.9% percentile) with 374 births per million, which is 77.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Gianni reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 26.0% percentile (ranked #693) with 141 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 141 births per million (ranked 26.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Gianni ranks #749 for girls (20.9% percentile) with 116 births per million, which is 82.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gianni".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Gianni. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.3% confident that Gianni is pronounced as JAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jee-AH-nee, at 21.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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