boy's name

Giacomo

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,278

Ireland

#776

2013 births

Giacomo is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 49 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Giacomo is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 2006, when 56 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 67,664 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Giacomo over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

423
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Giacomo by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 94
1920s 88
1930s 20
1940s 43
1950s 68
1960s 106
1970s 142
1980s 138
1990s 224
2000s 423
2010s 332
2020s (to 2025) 218

How popular is Giacomo?

In 2025, Giacomo was given to 49 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Giacomo is used

Ireland #776 3 in 2013
Canada #1,480 15 in 2024
France #1,614 20 in 2025
England & Wales #2,196 11 in 2025
United States #2,655 49 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Giacomo

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Giacomo also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Giacomo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Giacomo in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Arabic
Yakub
Catalan
Jaume
Italian
Jacopo
Latin
Jacobus
Turkish
Yakup
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
James Jacobo Jaco Jakez

Sibling names for Giacomo

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Giacomo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Giacomo

How popular is the name Giacomo?

In 2025, Giacomo was given to 49 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Giacomo a girl's or a boy's name?

Giacomo is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Giacomo?

Giacomo has 3 syllables.

When was Giacomo most popular?

Giacomo peaked in 2006, when 56 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Giacomo a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Giacomo currently ranks #1,480 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.