Girls' name · since 2007
Ghalia
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 191 babies named Ghalia, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 191
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
191 babies have been named Ghalia since 2007, making it today's #6278 girls' name.
Ghalia has 191 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6278 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #20,292 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,278 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 191 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ghalia ranks #20,292 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,278 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 191 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 191
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ghalia's 191 recorded births place it above 71.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ghalia compares
191 36th 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
Ghalia's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ghalia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 191 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ghalia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ghalia's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ghalia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Ghalia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (109 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Ghalia's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Ghalia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s
2020s
109 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 109 births (57% of all-time use).
Ghalia by state
Where Ghalia concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 6.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 2.6% |
13 of 191 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Ghalias (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ghalia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Ghalia 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.