Galia
Feminine · “wave of God”
Galia is a modern Hebrew name built on gal, a wave — and the same three letters give Hebrew its words for rolling, revealing and exile, which are all versions of the same motion.
How old is the name Galia?
Galia first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Galia is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Galia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Galia most popular?
Galia peaked in 2024, reaching #3695 nationally. Today it ranks #3832, 137 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
Where it comes from
From gal to Galia
The story of Galia
Modern Israeli naming took a set of nature words and made names of them, and gal — a wave — produced Gal, Galia and Galit. The root behind it is one of the most productive in Hebrew: the same three consonants give the verb for uncovering, the word for a scroll being unrolled, and the word for exile, which is a people rolled away from its place. It reaches American records with Israeli families.
Meaningscholars disagree
wave of God
Generally read as Hebrew gal, a wave, with the divine element -ya. The root g-l-h covers rolling, uncovering and going into exile, so the wave is one of several senses. A separate Latin Gallia, meaning Gaul, is unrelated.
How the name formed
- gal
- Galia
Related forms: Galya · Gal · Galya
Pronouncing Galia
GAHL-yah
Two syllables, first stressed. Hebrew often stresses the last, gahl-YAH.
Nicknames for Galia
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most girls named
- 202441 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3695reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −7.3%38 in 2025, from 41
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Galia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Galya in Hebrew — spelling variant
- Gal in Hebrew — related form
- Galya in Russian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, Texas.
Galias among us
people named Galia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 42,297 born in 2025 was named Galia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Athanasia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Galia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Athanasia climbed just as high around 1974, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Athanasia's path sketches the road Galia is walking now.
Galia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Galia is headed
Galia looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 21% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Galia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Galia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A concrete image with a genuinely rich root behind it.
- Gal and Lia are both complete names in their own right.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- In Russian Galya is a short form of Galina, which is a different name entirely.
- The stress differs between the Hebrew and American readings.
- Gal in English is an old informal word for a woman, which will be noticed.
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Feminine · #3832 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Galias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Galia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Galia in 2025?
- Galia ranks #3832 among US girl names in 2025, with 38 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Galia?
- About 1 in every 42,297 US girls born in 2025 was named Galia — 38 in all.
- Will my child share the name Galia with classmates?
- Galia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Galia
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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