Giannis
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,688 for boys
Giannis is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,688th for boys in the US (97 babies).
What does Giannis mean?
Greek
A transliteration of the Greek male given name Γιάννης (Giánnis).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Giannis a girl's or a boy's name?
Giannis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 97 boys in the US.
How popular is Giannis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Giannis, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Giannis of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Giannis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
How popular is Giannis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,688among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 97about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 97 boys in the US were named Giannis, making it the 1,688th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,386th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 162 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014. 5 girls were also named Giannis in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Giannis than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Giannis in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Giannis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2023 | 138 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 162 | #1,217 |
| 2021 | 155 | #1,237 |
| 2020 | 126 | #1,386 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,287 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
Names like Giannis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atlas Theo Albie Elis Adonis Emrys Artemis Luca Matteo Theodore Aris Elias
More Greek names
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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, “Giannis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giannis, updated 20 October 2026.