Gioconda

Girls' name

Jocund, cheerful

Gioconda has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 1915. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1915, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Gioconda, 1990

1 in 790,000

Gioconda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gioconda: meaning, origin, and history

Jocund, cheerful

Italian

What Gioconda means

Gioconda means “jocund, cheerful”, associated with giocondo.

Origin, language, and formation

Gioconda is used in Italian and Portuguese. Its origins include Italian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Gioconda is pronounced /d͡ʒoˈkon.da/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Gioconda between 1915 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1915; its best national rank was #3,574 in 1915.

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 Gioconda?

Gioconda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1990: 1 in 790,000; 5 of 3,949,959 births
Among girls only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1990: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 547,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gioconda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1990 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 547,582 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gioconda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Giocondas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gioconda was born before 1917 — so the typical Gioconda is around 108 today.

Median birth year: 1917; About 108 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 22.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Gioconda 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1915 (7)
Years since peak: 110; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,574; 1915

Gioconda around the world

Where Gioconda 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.

France
1913–1928
#1,233
in 1928
South Australia
1966–1969
#731
in 1969

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gioconda by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,574; 1915
Peak year: 1915; 7 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 1990
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gioconda

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

Evelinda Giorgina Giovonna Giovanny Giorgiana Giordan Alexanda Shulanda Marcinda Shavanda Shulonda Schronda Sharenda Lerhonda Shafonda Chavonda Shuwanda Schlonda Mellinda Tyshonda Keshanda Diolinda Chawanda Dashanda

Sibling names for Gioconda

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

For a sister

Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis

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