Girls' name · since 1971
Gaea
51 babies named Gaea in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,779 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gaea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 51 recorded since 1971.
Gaea has 51 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2021.
- #34,779 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gaea ranks #34,779 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #34,779 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Gaea's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gaea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gaea splits its recorded history at 2007: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gaea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2021
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Gaea by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (17 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Gaea's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Gaea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Gaea's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gaea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gaea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.