Giah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Giah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Giah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Gia; Italian short form of Gianna (John)
“God is gracious”
Italian short form of Gianna, itself a short form of Giovanna, the feminine of John.
Meaning borrowed from Gia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Giah a girl's or a boy's name?
Giah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Giah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Giah, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Giah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,116 girls in the US were given Giah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #299, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Giah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
Names like Giah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lilith Gracelynn Isla Harlow Neriah Miller Ellis Arleth Elliott Oakley Harper Collins
Other spellings of Giah
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, “Giah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/giah, updated 20 October 2026.