Gia — #268 US girls' name
21,617 babies named Gia in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Gia was born in this single decade.
1,191 babies were named Gia in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gia
The Social Security Administration has registered 21,617 babies named Gia between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gia currently holds the #268 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,191 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 8,726 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,352 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gia in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gia 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 21,617 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.
Gia at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Gia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1957
- Peak year (2024)
- 1,191
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
Currently ranks #268 among girls.
21,617 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 1,191 births in a single year.
Gia popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1978 (Gia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Gia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 8,726 births that decade — 40% of Gia's all-time total
Gia decade highlights
- Peak decade 8,726 births
- Runner-up 5,615 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gia's strongest decade
8,726 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Gia by state
Where Gia concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,352 | 15.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,332 | 10.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,771 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,412 | 6.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 1,343 | 6.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,227 | 5.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,090 | 5.0% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 691 | 3.2% |
3,352 of 21,617 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.5% of nationwide
- New York 10.8% of nationwide
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- Florida 6.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 6.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Gia appears in 45 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, 1957–2024 (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.