Galilee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GAL-i-lee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Galilee is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “district, circle”. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Galilee mean?
Hebrew: from the region, Hebrew galil
“district, circle”
The region of northern Israel where Jesus grew up, around the Sea of Galilee.
Is Galilee a girl's or a boy's name?
Galilee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Galilee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,711among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Galilee, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Galilee in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Galilee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,013 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,312 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Galilee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elliott Journee Briella Brynlee Novalee Everly Elodie Gracelynn Coraline Delilah Adalee Adalynn
Names related to Galilee
More Hebrew names
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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, “Galilee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/galilee, updated 20 October 2026.