Gabija
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ga-BEE-ya
- Origin
- Baltic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Gabija is a girls' name of Baltic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Gabija mean?
Baltic: Lithuanian
Gabija is the Lithuanian goddess of the hearth fire, honoured in folk tradition.
Is Gabija a girl's or a boy's name?
Gabija is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gabija in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Gabija, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 47 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gabija in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Gabija in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 47 | #868 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 44 | #887 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 31 | #1,093 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
Names like Gabija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Anaya, Prisha, Matilda, Isabella, Arya, Isla, Sienna, Ava, Eliza, Fatima, Liyana
More Baltic names
Aras, Liepa, Herkus, Tauras, Vaida, Ugne, Austeja, Domas, Vakaris, Daina, Aija, Alanta, Deimantas, Deimante, Domantas, Eimantas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gabija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gabija, updated 20 October 2026.