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Gio

#1,091 in 2025Boys' name

Short form of Giorgi

Gio has been given to 1,615 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #1,091 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 197 recorded.

Babies named Gio, 2025

1 in 16,800

Gio over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gio: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Giorgi

Italian

What Gio means

Gio is a short form of Giorgi.

Origin, language, and formation

Gio is used in English and Italian. Its origins include Italian.

Gio comes through Italian Gio.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Giorgi and Giuseppe.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,572 boys were recorded with the name Gio between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 197 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,091 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,661 in 2020 to #1,091 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,654 in 2015 to #1,091 in 2025.

In the United States, 43 girls were recorded with the name Gio between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,394 in 2022.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gio?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 16,800
197 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,670
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,091
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
11,666 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gio sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 11,666 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gio. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gios were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gio was born before 2021 — so the typical Gio is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
61.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,572
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 61.0% of all recorded uses (959).

Is Gio rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+75
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+570
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,563
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
4.28×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (197)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,091
2025

Where Gio is used

Across 2016–2025, Gio was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 13,759 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

116 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 6,250
  2. 2New York1 in 7,143
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 8,333
  4. 4California1 in 9,091
  5. 5Florida1 in 10,000
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 12,500
  7. 7Illinois1 in 16,667
  8. 8Texas1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Gio around the world

Where Gio ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #1,798
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2010–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2021–2024
    #655
    in 2024
  • France
    2006–2025
    #2,744
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2010–2024
    #794
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Gio by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,091
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 570
Best rank ever
#1,091
2025
Peak year
2025
197 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,572
Count in 2025
197

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,372
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#7,394
2022
Peak year
2022
15 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
43
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Gio

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Gio

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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