Gila — #10335 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gila

The Social Security Administration has registered 631 babies named Gila between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gila currently holds the #10335 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Gila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gila in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gila 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 631 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.