Gio
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOH
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,091 for boys
Gio is a boys' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 1,091st for boys in the US (197 babies).
What does Gio mean?
Italian: Italian short form of Giovanni, Giorgio and similar names
A short form of Italian names such as Giovanni (John) and Giorgio (George).
Is Gio a girl's or a boy's name?
Gio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 197 boys in the US.
How popular is Gio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 189% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Gio, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gio in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 81 boys in the UK were given Gio or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #500, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- Joe 67
- Gio 14
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Gio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Gio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,091st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 197 about 1 in 8,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 111% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 197 boys in the US were named Gio, making it the 1,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,655th. It first appears in the records in 2001. 9 girls were also named Gio in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Gio of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Gio in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 435 boys in the US were given Gio or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #613, up from #1,091 for this spelling alone.
Gio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | #1,091 |
| 2024 | 179 | #1,165 |
| 2023 | 181 | #1,153 |
| 2022 | 170 | #1,188 |
| 2021 | 136 | #1,360 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,655 |
| 2019 | 93 | #1,698 |
| 2018 | 75 | #1,958 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Gio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Enzo, Theo, Jax, Arlo, Albie, Rio, Luca, Jude, Hudson, Grayson, Milo, Atlas
Other spellings of Gio
More Italian names
Aria, Sienna, Bella, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana, Jemma
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, “Gio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gio, updated 20 October 2026.