Giana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #920 for girls
Giana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 920th for girls in the US (285 babies).
What does Giana mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Gianna; Italian short form of Giovanna (John)
“God is gracious”
Italian short form of Giovanna, the feminine of Giovanni (John).
Meaning borrowed from Gianna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Giana a girl's or a boy's name?
Giana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 285 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 163% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Giana, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Giana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Giana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 165 girls in the UK were given Giana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #313, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Giana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Giana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 920th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 285 about 1 in 5,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 285 girls in the US were named Giana, making it the 920th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 868th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 515 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer girls named Giana than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Giana in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,954 girls in the US were given Giana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #37, up from #920 for this spelling alone.
Giana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 285 | #920 |
| 2024 | 313 | #865 |
| 2023 | 377 | #745 |
| 2022 | 311 | #895 |
| 2021 | 377 | #757 |
| 2020 | 310 | #868 |
| 2019 | 264 | #978 |
| 2018 | 272 | #971 |
| 2017 | 316 | #866 |
| 2016 | 290 | #944 |
| 2015 | 312 | #884 |
| 2014 | 360 | #779 |
| 2013 | 413 | #685 |
| 2012 | 469 | #612 |
| 2011 | 510 | #570 |
| 2010 | 515 | #568 |
| 2009 | 502 | #601 |
| 2008 | 485 | #637 |
| 2007 | 463 | #640 |
| 2006 | 401 | #711 |
| 2005 | 368 | #734 |
| 2004 | 289 | #850 |
| 2003 | 276 | #869 |
| 2002 | 265 | #864 |
| 2001 | 197 | #1,075 |
| 2000 | 166 | #1,197 |
| 1999 | 173 | #1,131 |
| 1998 | 144 | #1,257 |
| 1997 | 107 | #1,512 |
| 1996 | 97 | #1,597 |
| 1995 | 92 | #1,610 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,947 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,737 |
| 1992 | 63 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 58 | #2,196 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,114 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,862 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
Nicknames for Giana
- Gia 171 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Giana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ava, Eliana, Zara, Mia, Myla, Mila, Lyra, Gabriella, Isabella, Gia, Ariella, Isla
Other spellings of Giana
Names related to Giana
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Giana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giana, updated 20 October 2026.