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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Giorgio with official rankings and popularity over time.
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
Census
Giorgio in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 2,350 people with the first name Giorgio, which placed it at #6,730 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
#6,730
National first-name rank
People counted
2.4K
2,350 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.8
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
63.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Giorgio
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Giorgio is White at 63.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (24.8%) and Black (6.2%). 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 Giorgio 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 Giorgio at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White63.4% · 1,490
- Hispanic or Latino24.8% · 582
- Black or African American6.2% · 146
- Two or more races2.8% · 66
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.6% · 60
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 6
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.
How common was Giorgio in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 2,350 people with the name Giorgio, or 0.78 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #6,730 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 Giorgio 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 Giorgio?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Giorgio appears almost entirely male. Of the 2,347 people counted with this name, 99.6% 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 Giorgio?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Giorgio is White at 63.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (24.8%) and Black (6.2%). 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 Giorgio most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Giorgio in the 2020 Census, accounting for 63.4% (1,490 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 Giorgio in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
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.
Is Giorgio still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Giorgio 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 Giorgio 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 Giorgio?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.