Girls' name · since 1920
Gila
640 babies named Gila in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,099 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,182 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 640
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
640 babies have been named Gila since 1920, making it today's #10182 girls' name.
Gila has 640 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10182 as of the latest data, more common than 41% 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 1920 to 2025.
- #10,099 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,182 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 640 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gila ranks #10,099 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,182 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 640 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,099 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,182 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 640
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gila's 640 recorded births place it above 86.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Gila compares
640 Top 40% higher than 60% of 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
Gila's all-time total is 70% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 640 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gila's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (1973)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Gila by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (103 births, 16% of the file).
2010s was Gila's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Gila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s
1960s
74 births
- 1970s
1970s
91 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 103 births (16% of all-time use).
How Gila compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Gila's total volume
Gila by state
Where Gila concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 146 | 22.8% |
146 of 640 births nationwide.
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What to do with Gila's data
- Gila's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (103 total births) through the 2020s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Gilas (146 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
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, 1920–2025 (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 Gila 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.