Gaja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GAH-ya
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Gaja is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “earth”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Gaja mean?
Greek: Polish and South Slavic form of Gaia
“earth”
A Slavic spelling of Gaia, the Greek goddess who personifies the Earth.
Is Gaja a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Gaja, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gaja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Gaja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
Names like Gaja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Anvika, Saanvi, Viha, Arya, Gurnaaz, Aavya, Aadhya, Krisha, Gursanjh, Anvi, Navya
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Gaja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaja, updated 20 October 2026.