Galileo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gal-ih-LAY-oh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Galileo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “from Galilee”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Galileo mean?
Hebrew: Italian, from Latin Galilaeus 'of Galilee'
“from Galilee”
Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer, discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter in 1610.
Is Galileo a girl's or a boy's name?
Galileo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Galileo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,138th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Galileo, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer boys named Galileo than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Galileo in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Galileo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 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 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Galileo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mateo, Ezekiel, Hezekiah, Eliel, Theo, Eliam, Gael, Benicio, Adriel, Jaziel, Axel, Gideon
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Galileo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/galileo, updated 20 October 2026.