Giancarlo
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #1,436 for boys
Giancarlo is a boys' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,436th for boys in the US (125 babies).
What does Giancarlo mean?
Italian
A male given name from Italian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Giancarlo a girl's or a boy's name?
Giancarlo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 125 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giancarlo in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Giancarlo in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Giancarlo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Giancarlo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,436among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 125about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 125 boys in the US were named Giancarlo, making it the 1,436th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,209th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 381 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Giancarlo than any year since 1995.
Half of all the boys named Giancarlo in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Giancarlo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,436 |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,405 |
| 2023 | 143 | #1,328 |
| 2022 | 165 | #1,204 |
| 2021 | 172 | #1,158 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,209 |
| 2019 | 186 | #1,078 |
| 2018 | 200 | #1,026 |
| 2017 | 206 | #990 |
| 2016 | 206 | #990 |
| 2015 | 265 | #847 |
| 2014 | 272 | #829 |
| 2013 | 287 | #782 |
| 2012 | 272 | #814 |
| 2011 | 280 | #792 |
| 2010 | 319 | #720 |
| 2009 | 357 | #680 |
| 2008 | 381 | #641 |
| 2007 | 323 | #714 |
| 2006 | 299 | #721 |
| 2005 | 282 | #720 |
| 2004 | 297 | #677 |
| 2003 | 298 | #666 |
| 2002 | 224 | #769 |
| 2001 | 215 | #783 |
| 2000 | 197 | #814 |
| 1999 | 186 | #817 |
| 1998 | 157 | #912 |
| 1997 | 130 | #991 |
| 1996 | 126 | #988 |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,094 |
| 1994 | 144 | #907 |
| 1993 | 120 | #988 |
| 1992 | 129 | #941 |
| 1991 | 124 | #954 |
| 1990 | 128 | #906 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,041 |
| 1988 | 83 | #1,090 |
| 1987 | 94 | #973 |
| 1986 | 96 | #931 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,303 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,293 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,178 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,277 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,207 |
| 1980 | 50 | #1,324 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,645 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
Names like Giancarlo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Santiago Leonardo Alexander Enzo Joshua Luca Nico Diego Marco Lorenzo Luke Hugo
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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, “Giancarlo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giancarlo, updated 20 October 2026.