Giuseppe
An Italian masculine name meaning "he will add" in Hebrew.
Name Census estimates that about 5,661 living Americans carry the first name Giuseppe. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Giuseppe today is around 31 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Giuseppe births was 1975 (130 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Giuseppe. 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 Giuseppe with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
5.7K
~ 1 in 60,547 Americans
Peak year
1975
130 babies that year
Average age
31
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,687
Tracked since 1905
Census
Giuseppe in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 10,149 people with the first name Giuseppe, which placed it at #2,442 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
#2,442
National first-name rank
People counted
10K
10,149 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
3.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
91.6% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Giuseppe
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Giuseppe is White at 91.6%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (6.6%) and Two or More Races (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 Giuseppe 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 Giuseppe at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White91.6% · 9,295
- Hispanic or Latino6.6% · 668
- Two or more races1.0% · 99
- Black or African American0.4% · 45
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.4% · 41
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.0% · 1
Popularity
Giuseppe: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Giuseppe from the 1900s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 1,051 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1970s peak, Giuseppe remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Giuseppe 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 Giuseppe during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Giuseppes live
The SSA's state-level files cover 14 states and territories. New York, New Jersey, Illinois recorded the most babies named Giuseppe, while North Carolina, Maryland, Texas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 326 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Giuseppe
Giuseppe is an Italian masculine given name derived from the Hebrew name Joseph. The name Joseph has its roots in the biblical patriarch Joseph, whose story is told in the Book of Genesis. Joseph was one of the twelve sons of Jacob and was sold into slavery by his brothers before later becoming an adviser to the Pharaoh in ancient Egypt.
The name Joseph was popularized across Europe in the Middle Ages due to its religious significance in Christianity. The Italian form Giuseppe emerged as a variant spelling and pronunciation of the name. It is believed to have first appeared in written records as early as the 13th century.
One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name Giuseppe was Giuseppe Verdi, the renowned Italian composer who lived from 1813 to 1901. Verdi is best known for his operas, including Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Aida, which are still widely performed today.
Another famous Giuseppe was Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian general and patriot who played a crucial role in the unification of Italy in the 19th century. Garibaldi, who lived from 1807 to 1882, is celebrated as one of the greatest heroes of the Italian Risorgimento.
In the realm of art, Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century Italian painter best known for his whimsical portraits composed of fruits, vegetables, and other objects. Born around 1527, Arcimboldo's unique style and imaginative approach influenced later artists and surrealists.
Giuseppe Tornatore, born in 1956, is a renowned Italian film director and screenwriter. His 1988 film Cinema Paradiso won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and is widely regarded as a classic of Italian cinema.
Finally, Giuseppe Colombo, an Italian mathematician and engineer who lived from 1920 to 1984, made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics and the exploration of space. He is best known for his work on the tidal theory of the origin of the Moon and his predictions about the existence of the Van Allen radiation belts.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Giuseppe
People
Giuseppe + last name combinations
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FAQ
Giuseppe: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Giuseppe?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 5,661 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Giuseppe 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 60,547 US residents.
Is Giuseppe a common name?
We classify Giuseppe as "Rare". It ranks above 96.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 6,241 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Giuseppe most popular?
The single biggest year for Giuseppe was 1975, when 130 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Giuseppe is about 31 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Giuseppe in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 10,149 people with the name Giuseppe, or 3.36 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #2,442 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 Giuseppe 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 Giuseppe?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Giuseppe appears almost entirely male. Of the 10,160 people counted with this name, 99.7% 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 Giuseppe?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Giuseppe is White at 91.6%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (6.6%) and Two or More Races (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 Giuseppe most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Giuseppe in the 2020 Census, accounting for 91.6% (9,295 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 Giuseppe in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Giuseppe a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Giuseppe 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 Giuseppe still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Giuseppe 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 Giuseppe 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 many people have Giuseppe as a first name?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.