Galaxy
Girl · GAL-uk-see · English
Galaxy is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “vast system of stars”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Galaxy mean?
English: English word, from Greek galaxias 'milky'
“vast system of stars”
From Greek gala 'milk', first used for the Milky Way and later for any great star system.
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- GAL-uk-see
Is Galaxy a girl's or a boy's name?
Galaxy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Galaxy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Galaxy, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Galaxy in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 75% of the babies named Galaxy in the US were girls.
Galaxy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
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