Giovanie
A masculine Italian name meaning "God is gracious."
Name Census estimates that about 82 living Americans carry the first name Giovanie. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Giovanie today is around 23 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Giovanie births was 2011 (12 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Giovanie. 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.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Giovanie. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
82
~ 1 in 4,179,931 Americans
Peak year
2011
12 babies that year
Average age
23
years old
2011 SSA rank
#6,733
Tracked since 1988
Census
Giovanie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 165 people with the first name Giovanie, which placed it at #43,061 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#43,061
National first-name rank
People counted
165
165 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
81.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Giovanie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Giovanie is Hispanic at 81.2%. The next largest groups are Black (7.3%) and White (6.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Giovanie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Giovanie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino81.2% · 134
- Black or African American7.3% · 12
- White6.7% · 11
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.6% · 6
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.6% · 1
- Two or more races0.6% · 1
Popularity
Giovanie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Giovanie from the 1980s through to the 2010s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 39 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Giovanie remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Giovanie 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 Giovanie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Giovanie
The name Giovanie is of Italian origin, derived from the Italian form of the Hebrew name "Yohanan," meaning "Yahweh is gracious." It is a variation of the more common Italian name Giovanni, which has its roots in the biblical John the Baptist and John the Apostle.
Giovanie is believed to have first appeared in the late Middle Ages, around the 13th or 14th century, when the Italian language was developing and gaining prominence. The name was particularly popular in regions like Tuscany, where the Italian Renaissance flourished, and names with classical roots were favored.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Giovanie can be found in the writings of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, who lived from 1265 to 1321. In his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, Dante mentions a character named Giovanie di Tolomei, though it is unclear whether this was a real person or a fictional character.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Giovanie. One of the most famous was Giovanie Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), an Italian artist and architect known for his etchings of ancient Roman ruins. His intricate and imaginative engravings greatly influenced the Neoclassical and Romantic movements in art.
Another prominent figure was Giovanie Boccaccio (1313-1375), an Italian writer and scholar best known for his collection of novellas, the Decameron. His works are considered a cornerstone of Italian literature and played a significant role in the development of the Italian vernacular.
In the realm of science, Giovanie Battista Amici (1786-1863) was an Italian astronomer and microscopist who made significant contributions to the design of refracting telescopes and microscopes. His innovations in optical instruments advanced the fields of astronomy and microscopy.
Giovanie Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) was a renowned Italian Renaissance composer and one of the most influential figures in the development of sacred music. His compositions, particularly his masses and motets, are considered among the finest examples of Renaissance polyphony.
Lastly, Giovanie Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) was a Venetian painter and printmaker celebrated for his frescoes and altarpieces. His vibrant and dramatic works were highly influential in the Baroque and Rococo styles, and he is considered one of the greatest decorative painters of the 18th century.
People
Giovanie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Giovanie 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
Giovanie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Giovanie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 82 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Giovanie 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 4,179,931 US residents.
Is Giovanie a common name?
We classify Giovanie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 61.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 83 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Giovanie most popular?
The single biggest year for Giovanie was 2011, when 12 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Giovanie is about 23 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Giovanie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 165 people with the name Giovanie, or 0.05 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #43,061 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Giovanie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Giovanie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Giovanie leans strongly male. 149 people counted with this name were male (93.1%), compared with 11 female bearers (6.9%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Giovanie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Giovanie is Hispanic at 81.2%. The next largest groups are Black (7.3%) and White (6.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Giovanie most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Giovanie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 81.2% (134 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Giovanie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Giovanie a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Giovanie 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.
Is Giovanie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Giovanie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Giovanie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How common is the name Giovanie?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.