Galina — #7328 US girls' name
373 babies named Galina in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Galina was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Galina in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Galina
The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Galina between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Galina currently holds the #7328 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Galina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Galina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Galina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Galina 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 373 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.
Galina at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Galina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #7328 among girls.
373 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 15 births in a single year.
Galina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 101 births that decade — 27% of Galina's all-time total
Galina decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Galina's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Galina by state
Where Galina concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 5.4% |
20 of 373 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–2024 (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.