Girls' name · since 2004
Giah
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 139 babies named Giah, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,554 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,854 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Giah currently ranks #9854 among girls' names in America, with 139 babies recorded since 2004.
Giah has 139 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9854 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #23,554 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,854 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 139 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Giah ranks #23,554 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,854 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 139 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,554 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,854 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Giah's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Giah compares
139 30th 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
Giah's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Giah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 139 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Giah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Giah's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Giah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Giah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Giah's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Giah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Giah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Giah 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.