Giordano
Giordano is both a given name and a surname of Italian origin. It is the Italian version of Jordan.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Giordano
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Giordano is both a given name and a surname of Italian origin. It is the Italian version of Jordan.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Giordano
The earliest SSA record of Giordano as a baby boy name dates back to 1983, when 5 babies received it. 2004 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Giordano — #4,419 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Giordano on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Giordano last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 269 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Giordano
Giordano is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 269 births in the dataset. Giordano's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #4,419. Use the chart and map above to compare Giordano's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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