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Giavanna vs Evelyn

How Giavanna and Evelyn compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Giavanna

Female · Italian

Meaning: Not recorded

Evelyn

Female · Celtic

Meaning: Light

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Giavanna (girls) vs Evelyn (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Giavanna Evelyn
Peak year (most US births) 2021 — 287 girls 1921 — 14,278 girls
Peak rank #925 #12
Most recent rank (2021) #925 (287 births) #8 (9,123 births)
Total US births since 1880 1,372 555,984
Last 10 years (2012–2021) 1,372 97,423

Peak comparison takeaway

At its all-time peak, Evelyn reached 14,278 US births in 1921 — 13,991 more than Giavanna's peak count.

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name list.

Giavanna — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Rhode Island #201 15
2 New Jersey #343 220
3 New York #465 353
4 Connecticut #471 46
5 Pennsylvania #476 209

Evelyn — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Minnesota #3 2,360
2 Wisconsin #3 2,223
3 Oregon #4 1,348
4 Iowa #4 1,220
5 Idaho #4 719

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →