Galileo — #3453 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Galileo

The Social Security Administration has registered 505 babies named Galileo between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Galileo currently holds the #3453 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Galileo performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Galileo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Galileo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Galileo 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 505 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.