Galia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GAH-lee-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Galia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “wave of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Galia mean?
Hebrew: Israeli name; also a Russian pet form of Galina
“wave of God”
Is Galia a girl's or a boy's name?
Galia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Galia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,831st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Galia, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Galia in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Galia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
Names like Galia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gia, Aria, Elliott, Alessia, Gianna, Isabella, Briella, Sophia, Camila, Emilia, Mia, Elianna
Names related to Galia
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Galia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/galia, updated 20 October 2026.