Girls' name · since 1902
Galena
Since 1902, U.S. Social Security records show 225 babies named Galena, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1902
- 2010s
- peak decade
Galena currently ranks #10978 among girls' names in America, with 225 babies recorded since 1902.
Galena has 225 recorded births among girls since 1902, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10978 as of the latest data, more common than 37% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 2025.
- #18,613 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,978 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 1902
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Galena ranks #18,613 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,978 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 225 born since 1902, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1902
- 2010s
- peak decade
Galena's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Galena compares
225 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Galena's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Galena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Galena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Galena splits its recorded history at 2000: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Galena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 124 years of records
Galena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Galena's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Galena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 7
1900s
7 births
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 22
1920s
22 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (27% of all-time use).
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What to do with Galena's data
- Galena's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Galena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~123 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, 1902–2025 (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 Galena 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.