Giancarlos
A masculine Italian name combining "Giovanni", meaning "God is gracious", and "Carlo", meaning "free man".
Name Census estimates that about 813 living Americans carry the first name Giancarlos. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Giancarlos today is around 18 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Giancarlos births was 2010 (48 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Giancarlos. 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
813
~ 1 in 421,592 Americans
Peak year
2010
48 babies that year
Average age
18
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,742
Tracked since 1988
Census
Giancarlos in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 802 people with the first name Giancarlos, which placed it at #14,631 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
#14,631
National first-name rank
People counted
802
802 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
92.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Giancarlos
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Giancarlos is Hispanic at 92.5%. The next largest groups are White (6.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (1.0%). 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 Giancarlos 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 Giancarlos at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino92.5% · 742
- White6.0% · 48
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.0% · 8
- Black or African American0.5% · 4
Popularity
Giancarlos: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Giancarlos from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 331 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Giancarlos 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 Giancarlos during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Giancarlos' live
The SSA's state-level files cover 5 states and territories. Florida, California, New York recorded the most babies named Giancarlos, while Texas, New Jersey, New York recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 58 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Giancarlos
The name Giancarlos is a modern combination of the Italian names Giovanni and Carlo. Giovanni traces its roots to the Hebrew name Yochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious." It was later adapted into Greek as Ioannes and then into Latin as Johannes. The name Carlo, on the other hand, derived from the Germanic name Karl, which means "free man."
In the early Middle Ages, Johannes became a popular name among Christians, particularly in Italy, where it evolved into the Italian form Giovanni. The name Carlo also gained prominence during this period, often associated with royalty and nobility. The combination of these two names, Giancarlos, is believed to have emerged in more recent centuries, possibly as a way to honor both traditional Italian names.
While there are no significant historical references to the specific name Giancarlos in ancient texts or religious scriptures, the individual names Giovanni and Carlo have been used by notable figures throughout history. One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Giovanni is Giovanni Boccaccio, the Italian Renaissance author and poet, who lived from 1313 to 1375. Another famous bearer of the name was Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, an influential Renaissance composer of sacred music, who lived from 1525 to 1594.
As for the name Carlo, one of the most notable historical figures was Charlemagne, the King of the Franks and the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, who lived from 742 to 814. Carlo Goldoni, an Italian playwright and librettist, was another prominent bearer of the name, living from 1707 to 1793.
Other notable individuals with the name Giovanni include Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an Italian artist and architect from the 18th century, and Giovanni Agnelli, the founder of the Italian car manufacturer Fiat, who lived from 1866 to 1945. As for Carlo, there was Carlo Gesualdo, an Italian Renaissance composer and nobleman from the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and Carlo Gambino, an Italian-American crime boss and head of the Gambino crime family in the mid-20th century.
While the specific combination of Giancarlos is relatively modern, it draws upon the rich heritage of the individual names Giovanni and Carlo, which have been cherished in Italian culture for centuries and have been borne by numerous influential figures throughout history.
People
Giancarlos + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Giancarlos 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
Giancarlos: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Giancarlos?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 813 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Giancarlos 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 421,592 US residents.
Is Giancarlos a common name?
We classify Giancarlos as "Very Rare". It ranks above 88.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 823 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Giancarlos most popular?
The single biggest year for Giancarlos was 2010, when 48 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Giancarlos is about 18 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Giancarlos in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 802 people with the name Giancarlos, or 0.27 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #14,631 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 Giancarlos 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 Giancarlos?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Giancarlos appears almost entirely male. Of the 803 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. 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 Giancarlos?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Giancarlos is Hispanic at 92.5%. The next largest groups are White (6.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (1.0%). 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 Giancarlos most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Giancarlos in the 2020 Census, accounting for 92.5% (742 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 Giancarlos in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Giancarlos a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Giancarlos 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 Giancarlos still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Giancarlos 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 Giancarlos 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 Giancarlos?
If you just want to know how many Americans are named Giancarlos, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.