Galileah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- gah-lee-LAY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Galileah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “circle; district”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Galileah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Galilea; Spanish form of Galilee
“circle; district”
Galilee is the region of northern Israel where Jesus grew up and did much of his preaching.
Meaning borrowed from Galilea.
Is Galileah a girl's or a boy's name?
Galileah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Galileah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Galileah, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Galileah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 463 girls in the US were given Galileah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
- Galilea 446
- Galileah 17
Galileah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Galileah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elianna Eliora Azariah Elliott Cataleya Isabella Delilah Neriah Seraphina Eliany Lilith Briella
Other spellings of Galileah
Names related to Galileah
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Galileah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/galileah, updated 20 October 2026.