Galilea — #640 US girls' name
8,862 babies named Galilea in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Galilea was born in this single decade.
594 babies were named Galilea in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Galilea
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,862 babies named Galilea between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Galilea currently holds the #640 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 594 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Galilea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,946 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Galilea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,691 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Galilea in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Galilea 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 8,862 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.
Galilea at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Galilea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2016)
- 594
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #640 among girls.
8,862 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 594 births in a single year.
Galilea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 3,946 births that decade — 45% of Galilea's all-time total
Galilea decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,946 births
- Runner-up 2,486 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Galilea's strongest decade
3,946 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Galilea by state
Where Galilea concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,691 | 30.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,366 | 26.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 386 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 370 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 304 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Washington | | 204 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 187 | 2.1% |
| #8 | New York | | 168 | 1.9% |
2,691 of 8,862 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.4% of nationwide
- Texas 26.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Galilea appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1993–2024 (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.