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Giovonni

Masculine · “God is gracious”

1984high 2022
#2516 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare53 boys in 2025

Giovonni respells Giovanni — the Italian of John — and the Hebrew behind it says God is gracious.

How old is the name Giovonni?

Giovonni first appears in US birth records in 1984 — 41 years ago. The typical Giovonni alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,500 people named Giovonni are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Giovonni most popular?

Giovonni peaked in 2005, reaching #1983 nationally. Today it ranks #2516, 533 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Giovonni

Yochanan gave Greek Ioannes, Latin Iohannes, and then John, Giovanni, Juan, Ivan and Jean — the most productive name family in Europe. Giovanni is the Italian, carried by Boccaccio and Bellini. Giovonni is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

God is gracious

Through Giovanni, from the Latin Iohannes and the Hebrew Yochanan, 'the Lord is gracious'. The o-for-a respelling is a modern American variant. The Hebrew is transparent and the chain documented.

How the name formed

  1. Yochanan
  2. Iohannes
  3. Giovanni
  4. Giovonni

Related forms: Giovanni · John · Juan

Pronouncing Giovonni

joh-VAH-nee

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Giovonni and Giovanni are said nearly identically.

Nicknames for Giovonni

Moderate

GioThe front of the name, and a short form with real modern currency
VonniThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1984–202574370745319842025

US babies named Giovonni per year from 1984 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19831980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1984
Most boys named
202274 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1983reached in 2005
Change vs 2024
+20.5%53 in 2025, from 44
Giovonni sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2022, with 74 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.

Giovonni in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Giovanni in Italian — spelling variant
  • John in English — related form
  • Juan in Spanish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio, Michigan, Texas.

Giovonnis among us

1,500

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

About 1 boy in 32,228 born in 2025 was named Giovonni

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

Spellings of Giovonni

#2516
Giovonni on the 2025 chart
#868
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Giovonni went to 53 boys in 2025, but Giovoni is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 60, which makes it the 868th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,648 places above the chart.

  • Giovonni53
  • Giovoni7

About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,228 for Giovonni itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Rajeev test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Giovonni's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rajeev climbed just as high around 1974, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rajeev's path sketches the road Giovonni is walking now.

40%chance Giovonni will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Giovonni, aligned on its peakRajeev· peak 1974not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+40 yrsRajeev · #10121Giovonni today
Giovonni today is about where Rajeev stood in 1994 — 20 years past a #1983-sized peak. By 2009, Rajeev had settled around #7600.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Giovonni 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

Where Giovonni is headed

19842030

US babies named Giovonni per year, 1984 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Giovonni should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-13% by 2030projected around #2,872 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Giovonni beside its neighbors

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

Giovonnithis name53#2516Tahir53#2516Rye53#2516Neymar53#2516Alphonse53#2516

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • It belongs to the most productive name family in European history.
  • Gio is available as a short form with real currency.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • Giovanni is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
  • The o respelling will be corrected by other people constantly.
  • English speakers will read the gi as a hard g.

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Frequently asked

How many Giovonnis are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Giovonni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Giovonni?
Giovonni is the most-used spelling in US records — 53 of the 60 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Giovoni.
How popular is the name Giovonni in 2025?
Giovonni ranks #2516 among US boy names in 2025, with 53 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Giovonni?
About 1 in every 32,228 US boys born in 2025 was named Giovonni — 53 in all.
Will my child share the name Giovonni with classmates?
Giovonni will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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