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Georgio

Masculine · “farmer”

Georgio is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 746 boys against 5 girls since 1880.

1980high 1989
#6143 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare14 boys in 2025

Georgio is Giorgio with the spelling anglicized, and the name underneath means a worker of the earth. Greek georgos joins the words for earth and for work, so Saint George — the dragon-slayer, the patron of England, Georgia, Ethiopia and half a dozen other places — carries the name of a farmer. Its American peak is 1989.

How old is the name Georgio?

Georgio first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Georgio alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 700 people named Georgio are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Georgio most popular?

Georgio peaked in 1989, reaching #1919 nationally. Today it ranks #6143, 4,224 places below that high. See the whole 1989 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Georgio

Saint George was probably a Roman soldier martyred in the early fourth century; the dragon is a much later addition, appearing in Western sources from the eleventh century. His cult spread with the Crusades and he became patron of England under Edward III. The name is enormously widespread — Giorgio in Italian, Jorge in Spanish, Jerzy in Polish, Yuri in Russian, Giorgi in Georgian, and the country of Georgia is named for him. The Italian Giorgio came to America with Italian migration; Georgio is the American respelling that removes the silent i, and its peak is 1989.

Meaning

farmer; worker of the earth

Greek ge, 'earth', and ergon, 'work' — the same second element as in energy and surgery. Georgos is the ordinary Greek word for a farmer, and Georgios is the personal name formed from it. Virgil's Georgics, a poem about agriculture, uses the same word. The derivation is settled and unusually plain for a name of this standing.

How the name formed

  1. georgos
  2. Georgios
  3. Giorgio
  4. Georgio

Related forms: Giorgio · Georgios · Jorge · Yuri

Pronouncing Georgio

JOR-jee-oh

Three syllables, stress on the first, with both g's soft. Italian Giorgio uses the i to soften the g, which the Georgio spelling does with an e instead — the two are said identically. English readers reach it without difficulty.

Nicknames for Georgio

Moderate

GeorgeThe English form, and a complete traditional name in its own right
GioThe front, and a current short form in Italian-American use
GigiA reduplicated pet form built on the initial
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1980–202538190381419802025

US babies named Georgio per year from 1980 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19191980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1980
Most boys named
198938 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1919reached in 1989
Change vs 2024
+7.7%14 in 2025, from 13
Georgio sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1989, with 38 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Georgio in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Giorgio in Italian — spelling variant
  • Georgios in Greek — related form
  • Jorge in Spanish — related form
  • Yuri in Russian — related form

Georgios among us

700

people named Georgio are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 122,005 born in 2025 was named Georgio

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Gregrey test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Georgio's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gregrey climbed just as high around 1965, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gregrey's path sketches the road Georgio is walking now.

40%chance Georgio will feel dated by 2040
Georgio, aligned on its peakGregrey· peak 1965not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-10 yrs+40 yrsGregrey · #8479Georgio today
Georgio today is about where Gregrey stood in 2001 — 36 years past a #1918-sized peak. Within 15 years, Gregrey had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Georgio sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Georgio beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Georgio in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Georgiothis name14#6143Ruel14#6143Cornell14#6143Vasco14#6143Kemper14#6143

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The meaning is settled and expressible in two words.
  • George and Gio are both available as short forms in different registers.
  • The name is recognized in some form in every European language.
What to consider
  • Giorgio is the standard Italian spelling and hers will be written that way.
  • The fashion brand of a similar name is an immediate association for many.
  • Its American curve is around 1990, which places a bearer's generation.

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Frequently asked

How many Georgios are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Georgio are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Georgio in 2025?
Georgio ranks #6143 among US boy names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Georgio?
About 1 in every 122,005 US boys born in 2025 was named Georgio — 14 in all.
Will my child share the name Georgio with classmates?
Georgio will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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