Giovanna
- Pronunciation
- [Gi-o-va-nna]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Feminine Form Of Giovanni (Gift From God)
- Origin
- Italian
About the Name Giovanna
Giovanna is the Italian feminine form of Giovanni, the Italian version of John, from the Hebrew meaning "God is gracious" or "gift from God." It carries centuries of Italian heritage, borne by noblewomen, queens, and saints, and its rolling, operatic sound makes it one of the most elegant of Italian girls' names. Pronounced Gi-o-va-nna, its four flowing syllables have a warm, melodic grace, a name that feels at once richly traditional and effortlessly beautiful, deeply rooted in Italian culture and faith.
Giovanna first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and has charted continuously through 2024, a long and steady run without a missed year. It reached its best national rank of #638 in 2001 and has accumulated 8,559 births across its top-1000 years. Its recent showings hold near the threshold, ranking #940 in 2022, #930 in 2023, and #929 in 2024 — a name maintaining a remarkably consistent, if modest, presence at the lower edge of the list across more than two decades.
The name's appeal is its rich Italian heritage and graceful, devout meaning, offering beauty, faith, and old-world elegance in one melodic package. Recorded variants and related forms include Anna, Giana, Gianna, Giavanna, Jovana, and Jovanna, spanning Italian and anglicized styles that let parents choose anything from the streamlined Gianna to the full, romantic Giovanna.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Giovanna
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Giovanna by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2005 with 408 girls named Giovanna (girl rank #681 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #878 for girls (304 US births). That's 197 places below its 2005 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Giovanna Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Giovanna the strongest states are Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | #332 | 158 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #356 | 222 |
| 3 | Connecticut | #396 | 72 |
| 4 | New York | #500 | 330 |
| 5 | Florida | #569 | 283 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #641 | 148 |
| 7 | Arizona | #729 | 63 |
| 8 | Maryland | #763 | 33 |
| 9 | Michigan | #790 | 41 |
| 10 | Illinois | #806 | 75 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #1,016 | 34 |
| 2 | Virginia | #919 | 34 |
| 3 | Texas | #870 | 238 |
| 4 | Georgia | #864 | 44 |
| 5 | Ohio | #863 | 54 |
| 6 | California | #856 | 267 |
| 7 | Illinois | #806 | 75 |
| 8 | Michigan | #790 | 41 |
| 9 | Maryland | #763 | 33 |
| 10 | Arizona | #729 | 63 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Giovanna in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna | Arthur's Sister | Female | Arthurian |
| Giana | Female | Latin | |
| Gianna | God Is Gracious | Female | Italian |
| Giavanna | Female | Italian | |
| Jovana | Feminine Of Jovian Derived From Jove Who Was The Roman Mythological Jupiter And Father Of The Sky. | Female | Spanish |
| Jovanna | Feminine Of Jovian Derived From Jove Who Was The Roman Mythological Jupiter And Father Of The Sky. | Female | Spanish |
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Compare Giovanna to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Giovanna against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).