Recorded 2004–2018 Girls' name Peak 2008 33 births

Gilana — girls' name

33 babies named Gilana in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s222010s11
2000s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Gilana was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

9 babies were named Gilana in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gilana

The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Gilana between 2004 and 2018, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gilana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gilana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gilana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gilana 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 33 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.

Gilana at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

33

Since 2004

15 years of records

Peak year

2008

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2004

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2018

Gilana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2004

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2008)
9
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
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Gilana by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
22 births that decade — 67% of Gilana's all-time total
2000s222010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gilana?
33 babies have been named Gilana since 2004. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2008 with 9 births.
When was Gilana most popular?
Gilana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Gilana been used?
Gilana has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 15 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Gilana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gillian, Gilda, Gilbert, Gila, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2004–2018 (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.