Galena — #15329 US girls' name
217 babies named Galena in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Galena was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Galena in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Galena
The Social Security Administration has registered 217 babies named Galena between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Galena currently holds the #15329 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Galena performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Galena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Galena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 217 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Galena at a glance
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Current rank
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Galena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1902
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 123 years of records
Currently ranks #15329 among girls.
217 total births across 123 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 8 births in a single year.
Galena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 61 births that decade — 28% of Galena's all-time total
Galena decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Galena's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1902–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.