Giorgio
Of Italian origin meaning literally "farmer" or "earth-worker".
Name Census estimates that about 2,063 living Americans carry the first name Giorgio. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Giorgio today is around 20 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Giorgio births was 2024 (95 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Giorgio. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
2.1K
~ 1 in 166,144 Americans
Peak year
2024
95 babies that year
Average age
20
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,731
Tracked since 1961
Popularity
Giorgio: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Giorgio from the 1960s through to the 2020s, spanning 7 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 622 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Giorgio remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Giorgio by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Giorgio during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Giorgios live
The SSA's state-level files cover 10 states and territories. California, New York, Florida recorded the most babies named Giorgio, while Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 87 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Giorgio
Giorgio is an Italian given name derived from the Greek name Georgios, which means "farmer" or "earth-worker". The name has its origins in ancient Greece and was later adopted by the Romans as Georgius.
The name Giorgio gained popularity in Italy during the Middle Ages. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name was Giorgio da Venezia, an Italian explorer and traveler who lived in the late 13th century. He was known for his travels to the Far East and for introducing polo to Europe.
Another notable figure with the name Giorgio was Giorgio Barbarelli, better known as Giorgione, an Italian Renaissance painter who lived from around 1477 to 1510. He was a pioneer of the Venetian school of Italian Renaissance painting and is famous for his innovative use of light and color.
In the 16th century, Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter, architect, and historian, was born in 1511 and died in 1574. He is best known for his biographies of Italian Renaissance artists, known as "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects".
During the 17th century, Giorgio Stradano, an Italian mannerist painter and designer of tapestries, was active in Florence and Rome. He was born around 1523 and died in 1605, and is known for his detailed depictions of plants, animals, and scenes from daily life.
In the 19th century, Giorgio Raimondo Santi, better known as Giorgio Basta, was an Italian mercenary and military leader who fought for the Holy Roman Empire. He was born in 1550 and died in 1614, and is remembered for his campaigns against the Ottoman Turks and for suppressing the Transylvanian uprising led by Stephen Bocskay.
People
Giorgio + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Giorgio as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with G
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Giorgio: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Giorgio?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 2,063 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Giorgio going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 166,144 US residents.
Is Giorgio a common name?
We classify Giorgio as "Rare". It ranks above 93.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 2,103 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Giorgio most popular?
The single biggest year for Giorgio was 2024, when 95 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Giorgio is about 20 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Giorgio a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Giorgio in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.