Galilea
Girl · gah-lee-LAY-a · Hebrew
Galilea is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “circle; district”. In 2025 it ranked 647th for girls in the US (446 babies).
What does Galilea mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Galilee
“circle; district”
Galilee is the region of northern Israel where Jesus grew up and did much of his preaching.
- Say it
- gah-lee-LAY-a
Is Galilea a girl's or a boy's name?
Galilea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 446 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Galilea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #647among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 446about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 446 girls in the US were named Galilea, making it the 647th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 707th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 594 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Galilea in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 463 girls in the US were given Galilea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #647 for this spelling alone.
- Galilea 446
- Galileah 17
Galilea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 446 | #647 |
| 2024 | 462 | #641 |
| 2023 | 451 | #651 |
| 2022 | 397 | #733 |
| 2021 | 361 | #787 |
| 2020 | 396 | #707 |
| 2019 | 428 | #675 |
| 2018 | 419 | #692 |
| 2017 | 532 | #568 |
| 2016 | 594 | #525 |
| 2015 | 449 | #636 |
| 2014 | 362 | #774 |
| 2013 | 338 | #800 |
| 2012 | 370 | #752 |
| 2011 | 252 | #999 |
| 2010 | 202 | #1,197 |
| 2009 | 232 | #1,101 |
| 2008 | 212 | #1,200 |
| 2007 | 305 | #902 |
| 2006 | 321 | #836 |
| 2005 | 289 | #877 |
| 2004 | 296 | #833 |
| 2003 | 309 | #801 |
| 2002 | 240 | #933 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,303 |
| 2000 | 135 | #1,379 |
| 1999 | 199 | #1,021 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Names like Galilea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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